Private sector drug shops in integrated community case management of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea in children in Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL.5, 2012, Pages 92-96

  Awor, Phyllis ^a   Wamani, Henry ^b   Bwire, Godfrey ^c   Jagoe, George ^c   Peterson, Stefan ^d,e  

^a MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Global Access Division Medicines for Malaria Venture   (Uganda)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOMITING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PHARMACIES; PNEUMONIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876932745     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0791     Document Type: Article

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