Guidelines for the treatment of malaria / World Health Organization.
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TextPublication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, c2010Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9789241547925 (pbk.); 9241547928 (pbk.)Subject(s): Malaria -- Chemotherapy | Antimalarials | Malaria -- Diagnosis | Malaria -- drug therapy -- Guideline | Antimalarials -- standards -- Guideline | Antimalarials -- therapeutic use -- Guideline | Malaria -- diagnosis -- GuidelineDDC classification: 616.9362 LOC classification: RC159.A5 | G85 2010NLM classification: 2010 D-497 | WC 770| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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MCHS LIBRARY--LL Malawi College Of Health General Stacks | MCHS LIBRARY--LL Malawi College Of Health General Stacks | Non-fiction | WC 770 WOR 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | L01956 |
Executive summary contains : 1. Recommendations unchanged from the first edition of the Guidelines (2006) and 2. Additional recommendations in the second edition of the Guidelines (2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Clinical disease and epidemiology -- Objectives of treatment -- Resistance to antimalarial medicines -- Antimalarial treatment policy -- Diagnosis of malaria -- Treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria -- Treatment of severe falciparum malaria -- Treatment of malaria caused by P. vivax, P. ovale or P. malariae -- Mixed malaria infections -- Complex emergencies and epidemics -- Case management in the context of malaria elimination -- Mass drug administration.
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