Search for dissertations about: "malaria workers"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words malaria workers.
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1. Community case management of malaria and pneumonia in children : exploring use of diagnostics by community health workers in Uganda
Abstract : Background: Malaria and pneumonia are leading causes of under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. WHO/UNICEF recommend integrated community malaria and pneumonia care in situations where febrile children also have cough and rapid breathing. READ MORE
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2. Integrated community case management of malaria and pneumonia in eastern Uganda : care-seeking, adherence, and community health worker performance
Abstract : Background: Despite being easily preventable and treatable, malaria and pneumonia are major killers of children aged less than five years. Integrated community based interventions through which lay persons called community health workers (CHWs) can manage malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea and neonatal conditions are recommended by WHO and UNICEF. READ MORE
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3. Acute febrile illness in preschool children in Zanzibar - Infectious aetiologies, diagnosis and treatment
Abstract : Background: A majority of the three million children in Africa that do not survive their fifth birthday die from infections that often start as a seemingly uncomplicated febrile illness. Primary health care workers frequently encounter febrile children with a negative malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT), in particular in places like Zanzibar with a considerable decline in malaria prevalence. READ MORE
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4. Delivering health services to children through integrated community case management in Uganda : from innovation to institutionalisation
Abstract : Background: Infectious diseases cause the majority of childhood deaths in low income settings. Integrated community case management (iCCM) is a health innovation relying on community health workers (CHWs) to diagnose and treat children with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea while referring children with severe disease. READ MORE
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5. Evaluation of the user-provider interface in malaria control programme : The case of Jepara District, Central Java Province, Indonesia
Abstract : Introduction: Early detection and case management remain the main strategies in malaria control programme (MCP) in a low endemic area such as in Java Island, Indonesia. These strategies require an understanding of the community’s care-seeking behaviour in relation to the various health services. READ MORE