The cost-effectiveness of permethrin impregnated bednets in preventing child mortality in Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

Health Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-239

  Binka, Fred N ^a,b   Mensah, Omer A ^c   Mills, Anne ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Ctr Regl le Developement et al S   (Benin)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; Insecticide impregnated bednets; Malaria control

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GHANA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0030769837     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(97)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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