Sökning: "malaria karolinska"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 112 avhandlingar innehållade orden malaria karolinska.

  1. 1. Managing malaria in under-fives : prompt access, adherence to treatment and referral in rural Tanzania

    Författare :Daudi Simba; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Malaria;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Nearly a million people die of malaria each year, the majority are children in rural African settings. These deaths could be reduced if children had prompt access to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs), demonstrated adherence to treatment and to referral advice for severe malaria. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Integrated community case management of malaria and pneumonia in eastern Uganda : care-seeking, adherence, and community health worker performance

    Författare :Joan Nakayaga Kalyango; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :malaria;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Community case management of malaria and pneumonia in children : exploring use of diagnostics by community health workers in Uganda

    Författare :David Odaka Mukanga; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :malaria;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Malaria in travellers and migrants

    Författare :Andreas Wångdahl; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Malaria is a potentially fatal disease that caused approximately 241 million cases and 627 000 deaths in 2020, most in children in Sub-Saharan Africa. In non-endemic countries, malaria is imported by travellers and migrants and timely management and treatment is crucial. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Delivering health services to children through integrated community case management in Uganda : from innovation to institutionalisation

    Författare :Agnes Mbabaali Nanyonjo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :malaria;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER