Decreased availability of antimalarials in the private sector following the policy change from chloroquine to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Malaria control strategies emphasize the need for prompt and effective treatment of malaria episodes. To increase treatment efficacy, Tanzania changed its first-line treatment from chloroquine to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in 2001. The effect of this policy change on the availabilit...

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Autores principales: Hetzel, Manuel W, Msechu, June J, Goodman, Catherine, Lengeler, Christian, Obrist, Brigit, Kachur, S Patrick, Makemba, Ahmed, Nathan, Rose, Schulze, Alexander, Mshinda, Hassan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1654173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17105662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-109

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