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Programme level implementation of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) use: outcomes and cost of training health workers at lower level health care facilities in Uganda

BACKGROUND: The training of health workers in the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) is an important component of a wider strategy to improve parasite-based malaria diagnosis at lower level health care facilities (LLHFs) where microscopy is not readily available for all patients with suspe...

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Autores principales:	Kyabayinze, Daniel J, Asiimwe, Caroline, Nakanjako, Damalie, Nabakooza, Jane, Bajabaite, Moses, Strachan, Clare, Tibenderana, James K, Van Geetruyden, Jean Pierre
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2012
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22519958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-291

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