Comparison of Health Service Utilization for Febrile Children Before and After Introduction of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy in Rural Papua New Guinea
BackgroundIn Papua New Guinea (PNG), a malaria treatment policy using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) plus artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) was widely introduced to rural communities in 2012. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effect of this RDT/ACT introduction to a rural PNG...
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Main Authors: | Takahiro Tsukahara (Author), Takuma Sugahara (Author), Takuro Furusawa (Author), Francis Wanak Hombhanje (Author) |
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2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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