Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial
Background. If malaria patients who cannot be treated orally are several hours from facilities for injections, rectal artesunate prior to hospital referral can prevent death and disability. The goal is to reduce death from malaria by having rectal artesunate treatment available and used. How best to...
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pubmed-51467032016-12-12 Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial Warsame, Marian Gyapong, Margaret Mpeka, Betty Rodrigues, Amabelia Singlovic, Jan Babiker, Abdel Mworozi, Edison Agyepong, Irene Ansah, Evelyn Azairwe, Robert Biai, Sidu Binka, Fred Folb, Peter Gyapong, John Kimbute, Omari Machinda, Zena Kitua, Andrew Lutalo, Tom Majaha, Melkzedik Mamadu, Jao Mrango, Zakayo Petzold, Max Rujumba, Joseph Ribeiro, Isabela Gomes, Melba Malaria in Highly Endemic Areas: Improving Control through Diagnosis, Artemisinin Combination Therapy, and Rectal Artesunate Treatment Background. If malaria patients who cannot be treated orally are several hours from facilities for injections, rectal artesunate prior to hospital referral can prevent death and disability. The goal is to reduce death from malaria by having rectal artesunate treatment available and used. How best to do this remains unknown. Oxford University Press 2016-12-15 2016-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5146703/ /pubmed/27941110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw631 Text en © 2016 World Health Organization; licensee Oxford Journals. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution IGO License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that WHO or this article endorse any specific organisation or products. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL. |
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Warsame, Marian Gyapong, Margaret Mpeka, Betty Rodrigues, Amabelia Singlovic, Jan Babiker, Abdel Mworozi, Edison Agyepong, Irene Ansah, Evelyn Azairwe, Robert Biai, Sidu Binka, Fred Folb, Peter Gyapong, John Kimbute, Omari Machinda, Zena Kitua, Andrew Lutalo, Tom Majaha, Melkzedik Mamadu, Jao Mrango, Zakayo Petzold, Max Rujumba, Joseph Ribeiro, Isabela Gomes, Melba |
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Warsame, Marian Gyapong, Margaret Mpeka, Betty Rodrigues, Amabelia Singlovic, Jan Babiker, Abdel Mworozi, Edison Agyepong, Irene Ansah, Evelyn Azairwe, Robert Biai, Sidu Binka, Fred Folb, Peter Gyapong, John Kimbute, Omari Machinda, Zena Kitua, Andrew Lutalo, Tom Majaha, Melkzedik Mamadu, Jao Mrango, Zakayo Petzold, Max Rujumba, Joseph Ribeiro, Isabela Gomes, Melba Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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Warsame, Marian Gyapong, Margaret Mpeka, Betty Rodrigues, Amabelia Singlovic, Jan Babiker, Abdel Mworozi, Edison Agyepong, Irene Ansah, Evelyn Azairwe, Robert Biai, Sidu Binka, Fred Folb, Peter Gyapong, John Kimbute, Omari Machinda, Zena Kitua, Andrew Lutalo, Tom Majaha, Melkzedik Mamadu, Jao Mrango, Zakayo Petzold, Max Rujumba, Joseph Ribeiro, Isabela Gomes, Melba |
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Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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Pre-referral Rectal Artesunate Treatment by Community-Based Treatment Providers in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania, and Uganda (Study 18): A Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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pre-referral rectal artesunate treatment by community-based treatment providers in ghana, guinea-bissau, tanzania, and uganda (study 18): a cluster-randomized trial |
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Background. If malaria patients who cannot be treated orally are several hours from facilities for injections, rectal artesunate prior to hospital referral can prevent death and disability. The goal is to reduce death from malaria by having rectal artesunate treatment available and used. How best to do this remains unknown. |
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