Using community-owned resource persons to provide early diagnosis and treatment and estimate malaria burden at community level in north-eastern Tanzania
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although early diagnosis and prompt treatment is an important strategy for control of malaria, using fever to initiate presumptive treatment with expensive artemisinin combination therapy is a major challenge; particularly in areas w...
Main Authors: | Rutta Acleus S M, Francis Filbert, Mmbando Bruno P, Ishengoma Deus S, Sembuche Samwel H, Malecela Ezekiel K, Sadi Johari Y, Kamugisha Mathias L, Lemnge Martha M |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-05-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/152 |
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