Effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine provided by community health workers in under-five children with uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: an open label prospective study.

BACKGROUND: Home-management of malaria (HMM) strategy improves early access of anti-malarial medicines to high-risk groups in remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa. However, limited data are available on the effectiveness of using artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) within the HMM strategy. Th...

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Main Authors: Ngasala, B, Malmberg, M, Carlsson, A, Ferreira, P, Petzold, MG, Blessborn, D, Bergqvist, Y, Gil, J, Premji, Z, Mårtensson, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011