Improving ability to identify malaria and correctly use chloroquine in children at household level in Nakonde District, Northern Province of Zambia

Frederick A. D. Kaona, Mary Tuba
Published 2003 in Malaria Journal

Abstract

This study investigated causes of malaria and how cases were managed at household level, in order to improve the ability to identify malaria and ensure correct use of chloroquine. It was conducted in Nakonde District, Northern Province of Zambia, between 2000 and 2001. Nakonde district is in a hyperendemic malaria province, where Plasmodium falciparum is… (More)

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-2-43

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Improving ability to identify malaria and correctly use chloroquine in children at household level in Nakonde District, Northern Province of Zambia

Abstract

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3 Figures and Tables

Cited By

Can interventions improve health services from informal private providers in low and middle-income countries?: a comprehensive review of the literature.

Fairness and legitimacy of decisions during delivery of malaria services and ITN interventions in zambia

Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania following community, retail sector and health facility interventions -- a user perspective

Review: Provider practice and user behavior interventions to improve prompt and effective treatment of malaria: do we know what works?

An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

A qualitative study to identify community structures for management of severe malaria: a basis for introducing rectal artesunate in the under five years children in Nakonde District of Zambia

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The ears of the hippopotamus: manifestations, determinants, and estimates of the malaria burden.

Health care decisions at the household level: results of a rural health survey in Kenya.

A community-based programme to provide prompt and adequate treatment of presumptive malaria in children

The Gambian National Impregnated Bed Net Programme: evaluation of effectiveness by means of case-control studies.

An Interim Report on an Investigation of the Social Economic Aspect of Malaria Prevalence and Anti-Malaria Drug Sensitivity Patterns in a Rural Area of Zambia

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[Resistance problems in developing countries--use and misuse of antiinfective agents].

Pricing, distribution, and use of antimalarial drugs.

Usage of community-based chloroquine treatment for malaria in Saradidi, Kenya.

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Improving ability to identify malaria and correctly use chloroquine in children at household level in Nakonde District, Northern Province of Zambia

Abstract

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3 Figures and Tables

Cited By

Can interventions improve health services from informal private providers in low and middle-income countries?: a comprehensive review of the literature.

Fairness and legitimacy of decisions during delivery of malaria services and ITN interventions in zambia

Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania following community, retail sector and health facility interventions -- a user perspective

Review: Provider practice and user behavior interventions to improve prompt and effective treatment of malaria: do we know what works?

An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

A qualitative study to identify community structures for management of severe malaria: a basis for introducing rectal artesunate in the under five years children in Nakonde District of Zambia

References

The ears of the hippopotamus: manifestations, determinants, and estimates of the malaria burden.

Health care decisions at the household level: results of a rural health survey in Kenya.

A community-based programme to provide prompt and adequate treatment of presumptive malaria in children

The Gambian National Impregnated Bed Net Programme: evaluation of effectiveness by means of case-control studies.

An Interim Report on an Investigation of the Social Economic Aspect of Malaria Prevalence and Anti-Malaria Drug Sensitivity Patterns in a Rural Area of Zambia

Self-treatment of malaria in a rural area of western Kenya.

Knowledge and management of malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

[Resistance problems in developing countries--use and misuse of antiinfective agents].

Pricing, distribution, and use of antimalarial drugs.

Usage of community-based chloroquine treatment for malaria in Saradidi, Kenya.

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