Acceptability of rapid diagnostic test-based management of Malaria among caregivers of under-five children in rural Ghana.

Acceptability of rapid diagnostic test-based management of Malaria among caregivers of under-five children in rural Ghana.

WHO now recommends test-based management of malaria (TBMM) across all age-groups. This implies artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT) should be restricted to rapid diagnostic test (RDT)-positive cases. This is a departure from what caregivers in rural communities have been used to for many ye...

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Main Authors: Frank Baiden, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Eunice Okyere, Mathilda Tivura, George Adjei, Daniel Chandramohan, Jayne Webster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445487?pdf=render

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