Assets and challenges facing caregivers when managing malaria in young children in rural Uganda.

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Published in Malar J on September 13, 2016

Authors

Rosemin Kassam1, John Collins2, Richard Sekiwunga3

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. rosemin.kassam@ubc.ca.
2: Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
3: Child Health and Development Centre, School of Medicine, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.

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