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Diagnosis and management of severe falciparum malaria Learners Guide Communicable
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Description
This Learner's Guide, Part I of the module on the Diagnosis and Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria, is made up of teaching materials, problems and a picture quiz covering all the activities involved in diagnosing and managing severe falciparum malaria at the hospital level. This guide is based upon the problem solving approach to education, and working through the study cases presented, you will develop the competence to manage correctly cases of severe falciparum malaria. Together with Part II, the Tutor's Guide, it forms a training module which is designed to be used throughout a formal period of training and provides information, poses practical problems and suggested solutions in a simple, easily understandable form, so as to facilitate local adaptation and translation into local languages.