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Use of rectal artesunate for severe malaria at the community level, Zambia

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the administration of rectal artesunate by trained community health volunteers before referral to a health-care facility reduces the case fatality rate of severe malaria in young children in hard-to-reach communities in Zambia. METHODS: We implemented a pilot project...

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Autores principales: Green, Cathy, Quigley, Paula, Kureya, Tendayi, Barber, Caroline, Chizema, Elizabeth, Moonga, Haachile, Chanda, Ernest, Simfukwe, Victor, Mpande, Bernard, Simuyuni, Dennis, Mubuyaeta, Kenneth, Hugo, Pierre, van der Weije, Kim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Health Organization 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6883271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31819289
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.231506