Health worker adherence to malaria treatment guidelines at outpatient health facilities in southern Malawi following implementation of universal access to diagnostic testing
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- 作者：Ruth J. Namuyinga ; Dyson Mwandama ; Dubulao Moyo ; Austin Gumbo…
- 关键词：Malaria ; Case management ; Guidelines ; Outpatient ; Health worker ; Adherence ; Testing ; Treatment ; Malawi
- 刊名：Malaria Journal
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1004KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Entomology; Microbiology; Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1475-2875
- 卷排序：16
文摘
BackgroundAppropriate diagnosis and treatment are essential for reducing malaria mortality. A cross-sectional outpatient health facility (HF) survey was conducted in southern Malawi from January to March 2015 to determine appropriate malaria testing and treatment practices four years after implementation of a policy requiring diagnostic confirmation before treatment.