How sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) was perceived in some rural communities after phasing out chloroquine (CQ) as a first-line drug for uncomplicated malaria in Tanzania: lessons to learn towards moving from monotherapy to fixed combination therapy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Malaria is a leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania changed its malaria treatment policy from chloroquine (CQ) to Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) as first line drug in August 2001. We wanted to assess the perception and behaviour about SP after ph...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/2/1/5 |