Scaling-up coverage with insecticide-treated nets against malaria in africa: Who should pay?

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 304-307

  Curtis, Christopher ^a   Maxwell, Caroline ^a,b   Lemnge, Martha ^c   Kilama, W L ^d   Steketee, Richard W ^e   Hawley, William A ^e   Bergevin, Yves ^f,g   Campbell, Carlos C ^f,h   Sachs, Jeffrey ⁱ   Teklehaimanot, Awash ⁱ   Ochola, Sam ^j   Guyatt, Helen ^k   Snow, Robert W ^k  

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

^b Natl Institute for Medical Research   (India)

^c Natl Inst for Med Res Amani Ctr   (India)

^d African Malaria Network Trust   (India)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^j MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^k KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA; EXPERIENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037693068     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00612-1     Document Type: Review

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