The impact of retail-sector delivery of artemether-lumefantrine on malaria treatment of children under five in Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
<h4>Background</h4>It has been proposed that artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) be subsidised in the private sector in order to improve affordability and access. This study in western Kenya aimed to evaluate the impact of providing subsidized artemether-lumefantrine (AL) through...
Main Authors: | Beth P Kangwana, Sarah V Kedenge, Abdisalan M Noor, Victor A Alegana, Andrew J Nyandigisi, Jayesh Pandit, Greg W Fegan, James E Todd, Simon Brooker, Robert W Snow, Catherine A Goodman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21655317/?tool=EBI |
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