Effectiveness of provider and community interventions to improve treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Nigeria: A cluster randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Mangham Jefferies, Lindsay ^b   Cundill, Bonnie ^b,c   Alexander, Neal ^b   Langham, Julia ^b   Ibe, Ogochukwu ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Wiseman, Virginia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943269780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133832     Document Type: Article

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