Editorial: Expanding insecticide-treated mosquito net coverage in Africa: Tradeoffs between public and commercial strategies

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 853-856

  Müller, Olaf ^a   Jahn, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria control; Pregnant woman

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

AFRICA; BED NET; COST; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA CONTROL; MARKETING; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; BED; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; COMMERCE; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0142184481     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01119.x     Document Type: Editorial

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