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Community acceptability of use of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria by community health workers in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Many malarious countries plan to introduce artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) at community level using community health workers (CHWs) for treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Use of ACT with reliance on presumptive diagnosis may lead to excessive use, increased costs and rise of drug...

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Autores principales: Mukanga, David, Tibenderana, James K, Kiguli, Juliet, Pariyo, George W, Waiswa, Peter, Bajunirwe, Francis, Mutamba, Brian, Counihan, Helen, Ojiambo, Godfrey, Kallander, Karin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20626863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-203