BMJ : British medical journal
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Effect of sublingual misoprostol on severe postpartum haemorrhage in a primary health centre in Guinea-Bissau: randomised double blind clinical trial.
To evaluate whether routine administration of sublingual misoprostol 600 microg after delivery reduces postpartum haemorrhage. ⋯ Sublingual misoprostol reduces the frequency of severe postpartum haemorrhage.
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Multicenter Study
Treatment of paediatric malaria during a period of drug transition to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: cross sectional study.
To evaluate treatment practices for uncomplicated malaria after the policy change from chloroquine to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia. ⋯ Although the use of chloroquine for uncomplicated malaria was successfully discontinued in Zambia, the change of drug policy towards artemether-lumefantrine does not necessarily translate into adequate use of this drug at the point of care.