International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Year: 2010
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Page No. 1 - 5

Immediate Responses by Private and Public Hospitals to National Malaria Treatment Policy Change Pronouncements in Uganda

Authors : P.J. Waako, J. Ogwal-Okeng, R. Kiguba, D. Ross-Degnan and O. Aupont

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