Prescribing patterns and compliance with World Health Organization recommendations for the management of severe malaria: a modified cohort event monitoring study in public health facilities in Ghana and Uganda

Prescribing patterns and compliance with World Health Organization recommendations for the management of severe malaria: a modified cohort event monitoring study in public health facilities in Ghana and Uganda

Abstract Background Injectable artesunate (AS) is the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended medication for the treatment of severe malaria followed with an oral artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). There are few studies indicating how physicians prescribe injectable AS, injectable quin...

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Main Authors: H. Hilda Ampadu, Kwaku Poku Asante, Samuel Bosomprah, Samantha Akakpo, Pierre Hugo, Helga Gardarsdottir, Hubert G. M. Leufkens, Dan Kajungu, Alexander N. O. Dodoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Prescription
Malaria
Injectable artesunate
Injectable artemether
Injectable quinine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2670-9

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