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Effectiveness of Provider and Community Interventions to Improve Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Nigeria: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

The World Health Organization recommends that malaria be confirmed by parasitological diagnosis before treatment using Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). Despite this, many health workers in malaria endemic countries continue to diagnose malaria based on symptoms alone. This study evaluate...

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Autores principales:	Onwujekwe, Obinna, Mangham-Jefferies, Lindsay, Cundill, Bonnie, Alexander, Neal, Langham, Julia, Ibe, Ogochukwu, Uzochukwu, Benjamin, Wiseman, Virginia
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133832

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