Malaria diagnostic capacity in health facilities in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abreha, Tesfay ^a   Alemayehu, Bereket ^a   Tadesse, Yehualashet ^a   Gebresillassie, Sintayehu ^a   Tadesse, Abebe ^a   Demeke, Leykun ^a   Zewde, Fanuel ^a   Habtamu, Meseret ^a   Tadesse, Mekonnen ^a   Yadeta, Damtew ^b   Teshome, Dawit ^b   Mekasha, Addis ^b   Gobena, Kedir ^b   Bogale, Henock ^c   Melaku, Zenebe ^a   Reithinger, Richard ^d,e   Teka, Hiwot ^e  

^a ICAP Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b Oromia Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c Dire Dawa Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e USAID Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALARIA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAFF TRAINING; TISSUE SECTION; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84904775307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-292     Document Type: Article

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