Open AccessImplementation of artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy for malaria at health facilities in Tanzania
Author(s) -
Veronica Mugoyela,
Omary Minzi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s23054
Subject(s) - tanzania , artemether/lumefantrine , artemether , malaria , lumefantrine , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , artemisinin , geography , immunology , environmental planning
The purpose of this study was to compare knowledge on the part of health workers in public and private health facilities about prescribing and dispensing of an artemether-lumefantrine combination, 3 years after moving from sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine to artemether-lumefantrine as a first-line treatment for nonsevere malaria in Tanzania.
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