Home care of malaria-infected children of less than 5 years of age in a rural area of the Republic of Guinea

• Main Authors: Diallo Amadou Baïlo (Author), De Serres Gaston (Author), Béavogui Abdoul Habib (Author), Lapointe Claude (Author), Viens Pierre (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the ability of mothers in a rural area of the Republic of Guinea to identify fever in their children, and to estimate the proportion of children who received antimalarial drugs. METHODS: Children under 5 years of age in 41 villages were selected by a two-step cluster sampling t...