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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Health Organization (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization c2010.
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Nonseral Publication
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622332206719
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