Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania

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Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania

Manuel W Hetzel¹^,2^,4 , Brigit Obrist¹ , Christian Lengeler¹ , June J Msechu² , Rose Nathan² , Angel Dillip² , Ahmed M Makemba² , Christopher Mshana² , Alexander Schulze³ and Hassan Mshinda²

¹Dept. of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

²Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania

³Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, WRO-1002.11.56, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

⁴Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, P.O. Box 60, Goroka, EHP 441, Papua New Guinea

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BMC Public Health 2008, 8:317doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-317


Published:	16 September 2008

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Mean prominence values for patterns of distress (PD) and perceived causes (PC) in children and adults.

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Graphical illustration of patterns of distress (PD) and perceived causes (PC) by illness category. Red arrows point out significant differences between the categories. Figure A1: Patterns of distress. Bars represent grouped reported PD. PD with the highest mean prominence values are listed as most prominent PD. Figure A2: Perceived causes. Bars represent grouped PC. PC with the highest mean prominence values are listed as most prominent PC.

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