Implementing a malaria curtains project in rural Malawi

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-321

  Rubardt, Marcia ^a   Chikoko, Augustin ^a   Glik, Deborah ^b   Jere, Stan ^a   Nwanyanwu, Okey ^c   Zhang, Weiying ^b,d   Nkhoma, Wilfred ^c   Ziba, Charles ^c  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; MOSQUITO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SELF HELP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EVALUATION; EVALUATION REPORT; HEALTH; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MALAWI; MONITORING; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEDDING AND LINENS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALAWI; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODDS RATIO; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0032708429     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/14.4.313     Document Type: Review

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