Targeted subsidy for malaria control with treated nets using a discount voucher system in Tanzania

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Mushi, Adiel K ^a,c   Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M ^a,b   Mponda, Haji ^a   Lengeler, Christian ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Control; Falciparum; Malaria; Prevention; Social marketing; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; TANZANIA;

EID: 0038541655     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czg021     Document Type: Article

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