Should governments subsidize the use of insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets in Africa? Implications of a cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Evans, David B ^a   Azene, Girma ^a   Kirigia, Joses ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DISTRIBUTIONAL ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES--COST; EVALUATION; EVALUATION INDEXES; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROGRAMS; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DECLINE; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BUDGETS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULICIDAE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 0030977950     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/12.2.107     Document Type: Article

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