Appropriate targeting of artemisinin-based combination therapy by community health workers using malaria rapid diagnostic tests: findings from randomized trials in two contrasting areas of high and low malaria transmission in south-western Uganda

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• 作者：Richard Ndyomugyenyi ; Pascal Magnussen ; Sham Lal ; Kristian Hansen and Si&#226 ; n E. Clarke
• 刊名：Tropical Medicine & International Health
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：21
• 期：9
• 页码：1157-1170
• 全文大小：303K
• ISSN：1365-3156

文摘

To compare the impact of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs), used by community health workers (CHWs), on the proportion of children <5 years of age receiving appropriately targeted treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), vs. presumptive treatment.