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Home based management of malaria and pneumonia of children in Ghana

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Title	Home based management of malaria and pneumonia of children in Ghana
Period	01 / 2006 - 01 / 2010
Status	Completed
Research number	OND1318803
Data Supplier	Projectleider

Abstract

In a districtwide, randomised, prospective study, children of 6-60 months age with fever will be treated by well trained and supervised "Community Health Workers" as for malaria or for malaria with a respiratory tract infection. End point of the study is reduction of mortality. Sociological-antropological and economic research are important parts of this study.

Abstract (NL)

Kinderen, van 6 tot 60 maanden oud, met koorts zullen door getrainde "Community Health Workers" behandeld worden met antimalariamiddelen dan wel antimalariamiddelen in combinatie met een antibioticum. Het doel is sterfte terug te dringen. Het betreft een districtwijd , prospectief, gerandomiseerd onderzoek waarin ook sociologisch-antropologisch en economisch onderzoek een belangrijke rol spelen.

Related organisations

Secretariat	Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Diseases and AIDS (UvA)
Financier	WOTRO Science for Global Development (NWO)
Financier	World Health Organization - WHO (WGO)
Collaboration	Faculty of Economics and Business (UvA)
Collaboration	Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (UM)

Other involved organisations

Health research Unit Ministry of Health Ghana

Related people

Researcher	Prof.dr. H.W. van den Borne
Researcher	Prof.dr. J. van der Gaag
Project leader	Prof.dr. P.A. Kager

Classification

A70000	Public health and health care
D23110	Infections, parasitology
D23362	Pediatrics
D23370	Social medicine