Practice of antimalarial prescription to patients with negative rapid test results and associated factors among health workers in Oyo State, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: Contrary to World Health Organizations recommendations, health workers (HWs) still prescribe antimalarials to malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT)-negative patients, thus increasing overuse and the risk of parasite resistance to the antimalarials. The reasons for this are not clear. We...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Akinyode, Akinfemi Oyewumi, Ajayi, IkeOluwapo Oyeneye, Ibrahim, Muhammed Sani, Akinyemi, Joshua Odunayo, Ajumobi, Olufemi Olamide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574247
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.229.13231

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares