Anti-malarial prescription practices among outpatients with laboratory-confirmed malaria in the setting of a health facility-based sentinel site surveillance system in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Most African countries have adopted artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as the first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria. The World Health Organization now recommends limiting anti-malarial treatment to those with a positive malaria test result. Limited data exist on how the...

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Main Authors: Sears, David, Kigozi, Ruth, Mpimbaza, Arthur, Kakeeto, Stella, Sserwanga, Asadu, Staedke, Sarah G, Chang, Michelle, Kapella, Bryan K, Rubahika, Denis, Kamya, Moses R, Dorsey, Grant
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723425/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23870515
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-252
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