Proactive community case management in Senegal 2014–2016: a case study in maximizing the impact of community case management of malaria
Abstract The Senegal National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) introduced home-based malaria management for all ages, with diagnosis by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in 2008, expanding to over 2000 villages nationwide by 2014. With prise e...
Main Authors: | Seynabou Gaye, Janelle Kibler, Jean Louis Ndiaye, Mame Birame Diouf, Annē Linn, Alioune Badara Gueye, Fatou Ba Fall, Médoune Ndiop, Ibrahima Diallo, Moustapha Cisse, Mady Ba, Julie Thwing |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-04-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-020-03238-0 |
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