Provider compliance to artemisinin-based combination therapy at primary health care facilities in the middle belt of Ghana

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kwarteng, Anthony ^a   Asante, Kwaku Poku ^a   Abokyi, Livesy ^a   Gyaase, Stephaney ^a   Febir, Lawrence G ^a   Mahama, Emmanuel ^a   Konadu, Dennis G ^a   Tawiah, Theresa ^a   Adu Gyasi, Dennis ^a   Dosoo, David ^a   Amenga Etego, Seeba ^a   Ogutu, Bernhards ^b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Artemisinin based combination therapy; Health worker; Malaria; Middle Ghana; National guidelines; Provider compliance

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GHANA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84942110841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0902-1     Document Type: Article

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