Malaria misdiagnosis in Uganda – implications for policy change
Open Access
- 16 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 8 (1) , 66
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-66
Abstract
In Uganda, like in many other countries traditionally viewed as harbouring very high malaria transmission, the norm has been to recommend that febrile episodes are diagnosed as malaria. In this study, the policy implications of such recommendations are revisited.Keywords
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