Factors influencing choice of care-seeking for acute fever comparing private chemical shops with health centres and hospitals in Ghana: a study using case-control methodology.

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Published in Malar J on May 25, 2016

Authors

Evelyn K Ansah1, Margaret Gyapong2, Solomon Narh-Bana2, Constance Bart-Plange3, Christopher J M Whitty4

Author Affiliations

1: Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, P.O. Box MB-190, Accra, Ghana. Ansahekdr@yahoo.co.uk.
2: Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, P.O. Box MB-190, Accra, Ghana.
3: National Malaria Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
4: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

The Role of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria for Targeting of ACTs at Community Level (GhanaCommRDT) | NCT01907672

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