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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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