Major Improvements in the Quality of Malaria Case-Management under the “Test and Treat” Policy in Kenya

Dejan Zurovac; Sophie Githinji; Dorothy Memusi; Samuel Kigen; Beatrice Machini; Alex Muturi; Gabriel Otieno; Robert W. Snow; Andrew Nyandigisi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092782

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Major Improvements in the Quality of Malaria Case-Management under the “Test and Treat” Policy in Kenya

Dejan Zurovac ,

* E-mail: dzurovac@kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust-University of Oxford Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Sophie Githinji,

Affiliation Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust-University of Oxford Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
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Dorothy Memusi,

Affiliation Division of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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Samuel Kigen,

Affiliation Division of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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Beatrice Machini,

Affiliation Division of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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Alex Muturi,

Affiliation Management Sciences for Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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Gabriel Otieno,

Affiliation Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust-University of Oxford Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
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Robert W. Snow,

Affiliations Malaria Public Health Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust-University of Oxford Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Andrew Nyandigisi

Affiliation Division of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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Major Improvements in the Quality of Malaria Case-Management under the “Test and Treat” Policy in Kenya

Dejan Zurovac,
Sophie Githinji,
Dorothy Memusi,
Samuel Kigen,
Beatrice Machini,
Alex Muturi,
Gabriel Otieno,
Robert W. Snow,
Andrew Nyandigisi

Published: March 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092782

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