Prompt access to effective malaria treatment among children under five in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis of national household survey data

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shah, Jui A ^a   Emina, Jacques B O ^b   Eckert, Erin ^c   Ye, Yazoume ^a  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; Anti malarial; Malaria treatment; Malaria endemic country; Prompt treatment; SSA; Under five children

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BENIN; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LIBERIA; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MALI; MOZAMBIQUE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; RWANDA; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NEWBORN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84960383459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0844-7     Document Type: Article

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