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| Title |
Use of RDTs to improve malaria diagnosis and fever case management at primary health care facilities in Uganda
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, July 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-9-200 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daniel J Kyabayinze, Caroline Asiimwe, Damalie Nakanjako, Jane Nabakooza, Helen Counihan, James K Tibenderana |
| Abstract |
Early and accurate diagnosis of malaria followed by prompt treatment reduces the risk of severe disease in malaria endemic regions. Presumptive treatment of malaria is widely practised where microscopy or rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are not readily available. With the introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for treatment of malaria in many low-resource settings, there is need to target treatment to patients with parasitologically confirmed malaria in order to improve quality of care, reduce over consumption of anti-malarials, reduce drug pressure and in turn delay development and spread of drug resistance. This study evaluated the effect of malaria RDTs on health workers' anti-malarial drug (AMD) prescriptions among outpatients at low level health care facilities (LLHCF) within different malaria epidemiological settings in Uganda. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 261 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 249 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 50 | 19% |
| Researcher | 44 | 17% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 27 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 10% |
| Other | 50 | 19% |
| Unknown | 38 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 95 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 50 | 19% |
| Unknown | 43 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 February 2023.
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#7,641,993
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#2,496
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#34,458
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#23
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