The community-based malaria control programme in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. A review of programme set-up, activities, outcomes and impact

Parassitologia

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 255-290

  Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom ^a,c   Witten, K H ^a   Getachew, A ^a   Yohannes, A M ^a   Tesfay, W ^a   Minass, M ^a   Bosman, A ^b   Teklehaimanot, A ^b  

^a Tigray Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Community health workers; Ethiopia; Malaria control

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 0034570954     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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