Is malaria a disease of poverty? A review of the literature

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1047-1059

  Worrall, Eve ^a,d   Basu, Suprotik ^b   Hanson, Kara ^c  

^a Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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

^d Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Equity; Malaria; Malaria incidence; Poverty; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

MALARIA; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

BED NET; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844455624     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01476.x     Document Type: Review

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