The evidence base on the cost-effectiveness of malaria control measures in Africa

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-312

  Goodman, C A ^a   Mills, A J ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; MALOPRIM; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; BED NET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EVALUATION; EVALUATION INDEXES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROGRAMS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032729856     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/14.4.301     Document Type: Review

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