The costs and effects of a nationwide insecticide-treated net programme: The case of Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Stevens, Warren ^a   Wiseman, Virginia ^b   Ortiz, Juan ^c   Chavasse, Desmond ^d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MALAWI; MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21544447519     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-22     Document Type: Article

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