Why first-level health workers fail to follow guidelines for managing severe disease in children in the Coast Region, the United Republic of Tanzania

• Main Authors: Nicholas D Walter (Author), Thomas Lyimo (Author), Jacek Skarbinski (Author), Emmy Metta (Author), Elizeus Kahigwa (Author), Brendan Flannery (Author), Scott F Dowell (Author), Salim Abdulla (Author), S Patrick Kachur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine why health workers fail to follow integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) guidelines for severely ill children at first-level outpatient health facilities in rural areas of the United Republic of Tanzania. METHODS: Retrospective and prospective case reviews of sever...