Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among children in a refugee camp in Northern Uganda: lessons learned

Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among children in a refugee camp in Northern Uganda: lessons learned

Abstract Northern Uganda hosts a large population of refugees from South Sudan, and malaria is one of the major health problems in the area. In 2015, intermittent preventive treatment for malaria (IPTc) was implemented in two refugee camps among children aged 6 months to 14 years. Three distribution...

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Main Authors:	Matthew E. Coldiron, Estrella Lasry, Malika Bouhenia, Debashish Das, Peter Okui, Dan Nyehangane, Juliet Mwanga, Celine Langendorf, Greg Elder, Léon Salumu, Rebecca F. Grais
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-05-01
Series:	Malaria Journal
Subjects:	Malaria Anti-malarials Artemisinin Quinolines Refugee South Sudan
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1869-x

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