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Monitoring health systems readiness and inpatient malaria case-management at Kenyan county hospitals

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Background

Change of severe malaria treatment policy from quinine to artesunate, a major malaria control advance in Africa, is compromised by scarce data to monitor policy translation into practice. In Kenya, hospital surveys were implemented to monitor health systems readiness and inpatient malaria case-management.

Methods

All 47 county referral hospitals were surveyed in February and October 2016. Data collection included hospital assessments, interviews with in...

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Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s12936-018-2364-8

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-8267-9026
IDeAL Project More from this funder
Medicines for Malaria Venture More from this funder
Clinton Health Access Initiative More from this funder
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria More from this funder
Publisher:
BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
Malaria Journal Journal website
Volume:
17
Issue:
1
Pages:
213
Publication date:
2018-05-29
Acceptance date:
2018-05-22
DOI:
EISSN:
1475-2875
ISSN:
1475-2875
Pmid:
29843717
Language:
English
Keywords:
Pubs id:
pubs:854563
UUID:
uuid:3f6f2124-0e00-4f37-b247-fe92ede1fbe2
Local pid:
pubs:854563
Source identifiers:
854563
Deposit date:
2018-06-21

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