Anti-malarial prescription practices among children admitted to six public hospitals in Uganda from...
Anti-malarial prescription practices among children admitted to six public hospitals in Uganda from 2011 to 2013
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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In 2011, Uganda's Ministry of Health switched policy from presumptive treatment of malaria to recommending parasitological diagnosis prior to treatment, resulting in an expansion of diagnostic services at all levels of public health facilities including hospitals. Despite this change, anti-malarial drugs are often prescribed even when test results...
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Anti-malarial prescription practices among children admitted to six public hospitals in Uganda from 2011 to 2013
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4549911
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4549911
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1475-2875
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1475-2875
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10.1186/s12936-015-0851-8
