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Artemisinin combination therapy mass drug administration in a setting of low malaria endemicity: programmatic coverage and adherence during an observational study in Zanzibar

BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) appears to be effective in reducing the risk of malaria parasitaemia. This study reports on programmatic coverage and compliance of MDA using artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in four shehias (smallest administration unit) that had been identified...

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Autores principales: Ali, Abdullah S., Thawer, Narjis G., Khatib, Bakar, Amier, Haji H., Shija, Joseph, Msellem, Mwinyi, Al-mafazy, Abdul-wahid, Garimo, Issa A., Mkali, Humphrey, Ramsan, Mahdi M., Kafuko, Jessica M., Paxton, Lynn A., Reithinger, Richard, Ngondi, Jeremiah M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28807035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1982-x