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Community referral in home management of malaria in western Uganda: A case series study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Home Based Management of fever (HBM) was introduced as a national policy in Uganda to increase access to prompt presumptive treatment of malaria. Pre-packed Chloroquine/Fansidar combination is distributed free of charge to febrile ch...

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Main Authors:	Nsungwa-Sabiiti Jesca (Author), Tomson Göran (Author), Källander Karin (Author), Senyonjo Yahaya (Author), Pariyo George (Author), Peterson Stefan (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2006-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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