Use of over-the-counter malaria medicines in children and adults in three districts in Kenya: implications for private medicine retailer interventions.

BACKGROUND: Global malaria control strategies highlight the need to increase early uptake of effective antimalarials for childhood fevers in endemic settings, based on a presumptive diagnosis of malaria in this age group. Many control programmes identify private medicine sellers as important target...

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Main Authors: Abuya, T, Mutemi, W, Karisa, B, Ochola, SA, Fegan, G, Marsh, V
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2007