Journal article
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