Malaria control in Afghanistan: Progress and challenges

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9469, 2005, Pages 1506-1512

  Kolaczinski, Jan ^a,b   Graham, Kate ^a,b   Fahim, Abdullah ^c   Brooker, Simon ^a   Rowland, Mark ^a  

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

^b University Town   (Pakistan)

^c Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BED NET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED NATIONS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOSQUITO CONTROL; WAR;

EID: 17844399217     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66423-9     Document Type: Article

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