Management of febrile children under five years in hospitals and health centres of rural Ghana

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Webster, Jayne ^a   Baiden, Frank ^b   Bawah, Justina ^b   Bruce, Jane ^a   Tivura, Mathilda ^b   Delmini, Rupert ^b   Amenga Etego, Seeba ^b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^b  

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

^b KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84903864987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-261     Document Type: Article

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