"Still waiting for chloroquine": The challenge of communicating changes in first-line treatment policy for uncomplicated malaria in a remote Kenyan district

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Okungu, Vincent ^a,b   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Artemether lumefantrine; Policy communication; Uncomplicated malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PROCEDURES;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 84903800667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-258     Document Type: Article

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