Scale-up of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy: Challenges and Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bastiaens, Guido J H ^a   Bousema, Teun ^a,b   Leslie, Toby ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 84893743352     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001590     Document Type: Article

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