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Success story: Improving Malaria Treatment and Saving Lives in Uganda

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Malaria
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Malaria is the leading cause of sickness and death in Uganda. Prevention, correct diagnosis and treatment are crucial to reduce malaria cases and mortality as well as lower the risk of resistance to antimalarial medicines and decrease medicine waste and misuse. However, due to inappropriate practices in malaria testing and treatment, many patients are treated incorrectly, receiving unnecessary or wrong medications.

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African CDC 162 0 Public Health Resources Bulletin Health Systems Malaria Management Science for Health (MSH)
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