Improving childhood malaria treatment and referral practices by training patent medicine vendors in rural south-east Nigeria
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years of age in Nigeria. Most of the early treatments for fever and malaria occur through self-medication with anti-malarials bought over-the-counter...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-11-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/260 |