The Gambian National Impregnated Bednet Programme: Costs, consequences and net cost-effectiveness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-191

  Aikins, Moses Kweku ^a   Fox Rushby, Julia ^b   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^c   Langerock, Patricia ^d   Cham, Kabir ^d   New, Laura ^b   Bennett, Steve ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Mills, Anne ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Ghana)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d PPD Pharmaco   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH PROGRAMME; IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; IMPRGENATED BEDNETS; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO NET;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; INCOME; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0031962314     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00145-7     Document Type: Article

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