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Anti-malarial prescription practices among children admitted to six public hospitals in Uganda from 2011 to 2013

BACKGROUND: In 2011, Uganda’s Ministry of Health switched policy from presumptive treatment of malaria to recommending parasitological diagnosis prior to treatment, resulting in an expansion of diagnostic services at all levels of public health facilities including hospitals. Despite this change, an...

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Autores principales:	Sserwanga, Asadu, Sears, David, Kapella, Bryan K., Kigozi, Ruth, Rubahika, Denis, Staedke, Sarah G., Kamya, Moses, Yoon, Steven S., Chang, Michelle A., Dorsey, Grant, Mpimbaza, Arthur
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0851-8

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