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Community case management of malaria: exploring support, capacity and motivation of community medicine distributors in Uganda

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In Uganda, community services for febrile children are expanding from presumptive treatment of fever with anti-malarials through the home-based management of fever (HBMF) programme, to include treatment for malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia through Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM). To understand the level of support available, and the capacity and motivation of community health workers to deliver these expanded services, …

Authors

Banek K; Nankabirwa J; Maiteki-Sebuguzi C; DiLiberto D; Taaka L; Chandler CIR; Staedke SG

Journal

Health Policy and Planning, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 451–461

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

May 1, 2015

DOI

10.1093/heapol/czu033

ISSN

0268-1080