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Malaria control methods used by the community in peri-urban area (Ndeeba Parish)
(1997)
Malaria threatens 2200 million people worldwide every year. The disease undermines the health and welfare of mainly women and children. Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. Close to 50% of the ...
Factors influencing coartem uptake of children 6 to 59 months old with umcomplicated malaria in Ntungamo District, Uganda.
(2009)
INTRODUCTION:
Artemisinin based combination therapies are recommended for malaria treatment. In Ntungamo district, only 38% of the children aged 6 to 59 months receive coartem following onset of fever compared to national ...
Health workers’ compliance to treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria under the artemether-lumefantrine drug policy in Hoima District.
(Makerere University, 2013-03)
Introduction: In June 2004, the Uganda Ministry of Health changed the antimalarial drug policy from chloroquine and fansidar to a fixed combination of artemether-lumefantrine. Consequently, new case management guidelines ...