Why don't health workers prescribe ACT? A qualitative study of factors affecting the prescription of artemether-lumefantrine

Why don't health workers prescribe ACT? A qualitative study of factors affecting the prescription of artemether-lumefantrine

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Background: Kenya recently changed its antimalarial drug policy to a specific artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), artemether-lumefantrine (AL). New national guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention were developed and disseminated to health workers together with in-service train...

Bibliografske podrobnosti
Main Authors:	Wasunna, B, Zurovac, D, Goodman, C, Snow, R
Format:	Journal article
Jezik:	English
Izdano:	BioMed Central 2008
Teme:	Malaria Infectious diseases Tropical medicine

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