Malaria Trends in Six Outpatient Sites in Uganda, 2008—2011
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Introduction Over the past five years, efforts to control malaria have been intensified in Uganda (1). With the intensification of these efforts, accurate and timely data are needed to monitor impact of the interventions and guide malaria control program planning (2, 3). We present data on trends in malaria burden over four years from six outpatient health facilities located in regions of varying malaria endemicity in Uganda.
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