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

• Prif Awduron: Nicholas D Walter (Awdur), Thomas Lyimo (Awdur), Jacek Skarbinski (Awdur), Emmy Metta (Awdur), Elizeus Kahigwa (Awdur), Brendan Flannery (Awdur), Scott F Dowell (Awdur), Salim Abdulla (Awdur), S Patrick Kachur (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: The World Health Organization, 2009-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...