Local terminology for febrile illnesses in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania and its impact on the design of a community-based malaria control programme

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1057-1067

  Winch, P J ^a,d   Makemba, A M ^a   Kamazima, S R ^a   Lurie, M ^d   Lwihula, G K ^b   Premji, Z ^a,b   Minjas, J N ^a,b   Shiff, C J ^a,c  

^a Bagamoyo Bed Net Proj Muhimbili U   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicine; Health education; Malaria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NOMENCLATURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANZANIA;

ETHNOMEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALARIA CONTROL;

TANZANIA, BAGAMOYO DISTRICT;

EID: 0029961980     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00293-6     Document Type: Article

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