Community participation in malaria control in Tigray region Ethiopia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-156

  Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom ^a   Alemayehu, Tesfamariam ^b   Bosman, Andrea ^c   Witten, Karen Hanna ^d   Teklehaimanot, Awash ^c  

^a Natl Org Contr Malaria Other V   (Ethiopia)

^b Malaria Control Organization   (Ethiopia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Community participation; Ethiopia; Malaria control

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHIOPIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NURSE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0343712474     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(95)00107-P     Document Type: Article

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