Practice of antimalarial prescription to patients with negative rapid test results and associated factors among health workers in Oyo State, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: Contrary to World Health Organizations recommendations, health workers (HWs) still prescribe antimalarials to malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT)-negative patients, thus increasing overuse and the risk of parasite resistance to the antimalarials. The reasons for this are not clear. We...

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Published in:Pan Afr Med J
Main Authors: Akinyode, Akinfemi Oyewumi, Ajayi, IkeOluwapo Oyeneye, Ibrahim, Muhammed Sani, Akinyemi, Joshua Odunayo, Ajumobi, Olufemi Olamide
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296678/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574247
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.229.13231
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