Can rapid malaria diagnostic tests improve health outcomes in practice?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 05:42
in Health & Medicine
A new study, carried out in primary care units in Zanzibar and published in this week's issue of PLoS Medicine, evaluates the impact of rapid malaria tests on prescribing practice and clinical outcomes. The findings suggest that routine use of such tests may reduce the number of people who are inappropriately given antimalarial drugs...
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