Community case management of fever due to malaria and pneumonia in children under five in Zambia: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Pneumonia and malaria, two of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under five in Zambia, often have overlapping clinical manifestations. Zambia is piloting the use of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) by community health workers (CHWs) to treat uncomplicated malaria. Valid concern...

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Main Authors: Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Portipher Pilingana, William B Macleod, Katherine Semrau, Kazungu Siazeele, Penelope Kalesha, Busiku Hamainza, Phil Seidenberg, Arthur Mazimba, Lora Sabin, Karen Kamholz, Donald M Thea, Davidson H Hamer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2943441?pdf=render