Treatment-seeking patterns for malaria in pharmacies in five sub-Saharan African countries

Abstract Background Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended as the first-line anti-malarial treatment strategy in sub-Saharan African countries. WHO policy recommends parasitological confirmation by microscopy or rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in all cases of suspected malaria prior...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Joël Ladner, Ben Davis, Etienne Audureau, Joseph Saba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Subjects:
Malaria
Treatment
ACT drugs
Private sector
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1997-3

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