Prescription practices for malaria in Mozambique: poor adherence to the national protocols for malaria treatment in 22 public health facilities
Malar. j. (Online); 14 (483), 2015
Background: Current World Health Organization and national protocols recommend the ‘test and treat’ strategy for the management of uncomplicated malaria, to reduce over prescription of artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT). Therefore, adherence to these protocols varies in different sub-Sahar...
Mozambique/epidemiology, Prescription Drug Overuse/mortality, Prescriptions, Medical Records, Organization and Administration, Malaria/epidemiology, Patients, Malaria/prevention & control, 29161, Laboratories/statistics & numerical data, World Health Organization, 35170/methods, Malaria/blood, Public Health, Therapeutics/adverse effects