Evaluation of integrated community case management in eight districts of Central Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Mubiru, Denis ^a   Byabasheija, Robert ^b   Bwanika, John Baptist ^a   Meier, Joslyn Edelstein ^a   Magumba, Godfrey ^a   Kaggwa, Flavia Mpanga ^b   Abusu, Jackson Ojera ^b   Opio, Alex Chono ^b   Lodda, Charles Clarke ^b   Patel, Jaanki ^c   Diaz, Theresa ^d  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b Keeping Children and Mothers Alive UNICEF Uganda   (Uganda)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d Programme Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INSECTICIDE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UGANDA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84943175517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134767     Document Type: Article

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