Appropriate treatment of malaria? Use of antimalarial drugs for children's fevers in district medical units, drug shops and homes in eastern Uganda
Open Access
- 21 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 7 (4) , 309-316
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00858.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of pharmaceutical care of malaria for children in eastern Uganda prescribed at government health units and drug shops, and administered by caretakers at home; and t...Keywords
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