Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria.
Malaria control requires an integrated approach, including prevention (primarily vector control) and prompt treatment with effective antimalarials. Since the publication of the first edition of these Guidelinesin 2006, most of the countries where P. Falciparum is endemic have progressively updated t...
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Language: | English |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization,
2010
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Series: | Nonseral Publication.
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Table of Contents:
- COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; Contents; GLOSSARY; ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CLINICAL DISEASE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; 3. OBJECTIVES OF TREATMENT; 4. RESISTANCE TO ANTIMALARIAL MEDICINES; 5. ANTIMALARIAL TREATMENT POLICY; 6. DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA; 7. TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED P. FALCIPARUM MALARIA; 8. TREATMENT OF SEVERE P. FALCIPARUM MALARIA; 9. TREATMENT OF MALARIA CAUSED BY P. VIVAX, P. OVALE OR P. MALARIAE; 11. COMPLEX EMERGENCIES AND EPIDEMICS; 12. CASE MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXTOF MALARIA ELIMINATION; 13. MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIST OF ANNEXES; INDEX.