Integrated community case management of malaria and pneumonia increases prompt and appropriate treatment for pneumonia symptoms in children under five years in Eastern Uganda.

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Published in Malar J on September 22, 2013

Authors

Joan N Kalyango1, Tobias Alfven, Stefan Peterson, Kevin Mugenyi, Charles Karamagi, Elizeus Rutebemberwa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, SE 17177, Stockholm, Sweden. nakayaga2001@yahoo.com.

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