Febrile illness management in children under five years of age: A qualitative pilot study on primary health care workers' practices in Zanzibar

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Baltzell, Kimberly ^a   Elfving, Kristina ^b,c   Shakely, Deler ^b,d   Ali, Abdullah S ^e   Msellem, Mwinyi ^e   Gulati, Shilpa ^f   Mårtensson, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Kungalv Hospital   (Sweden)

^e and Children   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic decision making; Malaria elimination; Non malarial fevers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPID TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84872804392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-37     Document Type: Article

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