Training Community Health Workers to Manage Uncomplicated and Severe Malaria: Experience From 3 Rural Malaria-Endemic Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa

Background. Use of community health workers (CHWs) to increase access to diagnosis and treatment of malaria is recommended by the World Health Organization. The present article reports on training and performance of CHWs in applying these recommendations. Methods. Two hundred seventy-nine CHWs were...

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Autores principales: Siribié, Mohamadou, Ajayi, IkeOluwapo O., Nsungwa-Sabiiti, Jesca, Afonne, Chinenye, Balyeku, Andrew, Falade, Catherine O., Gansane, Zakaria, Jegede, Ayodele S., Ojanduru, Lillian, Oshiname, Frederick O., Kabarungi, Vanessa, Kyaligonza, Josephine, Sanou, Armande K., Sermé, Luc, Castellani, Joëlle, Singlovic, Jan, Gomes, Melba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
Materias:
Malaria in Highly Endemic Areas: Improving Control through Diagnosis, Artemisinin Combination Therapy, and Rectal Artesunate Treatment
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5146696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27941103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw624

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