KINET: A social marketing programme of treated nets and net treatment for malaria control in Tanzania, with evaluation of child health and long-term survival

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Armstrong Schellenberg, J R M ^a,c   Abdulla, S ^a   Minja, H ^a   Nathan, R ^a   Mukasa, O ^a   Marchant, T ^a   Mponda, H ^a   Kikumbih, N ^a   Lyimo, E ^a   Manchester, T ^b   Tanner, M ^c   Lengeler, C ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child survival; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria; Malaria control; Net treatment; Social marketing; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BED NET; CHILD HEALTH; CLERGY; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MARKETING; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA; TRAINING;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 13044250470     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90001-9     Document Type: Article

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