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Community acceptability of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention of morbidity and mortality in young children: A qualitative study in the Upper West Region of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a major public health problem, especially in sub-Sahara African countries. The Malaria Control Program of Ghana has implemented Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) intervention in the Upper West Region in 2015. This preventive drug has been recommended by WHO as very s...

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Autores principales:	Chatio, Samuel, Ansah, Nana Akosua, Awuni, Denis A., Oduro, Abraham, Ansah, Patrick O.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31100072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216486

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