Integrating insecticide-treated bednets into a measles vaccination campaign achieves high, rapid and equitable coverage with direct and voucher-based methods

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1151-1160

  Grabowsky, Mark ^a   Farrell, Nick ^b,c   Hawley, William ^c   Chimumbwa, John ^d,f   Hoyer, Stefan ^b,g   Wolkon, Adam ^c   Selanikio, Joel ^e  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^b Intl Federation of Red Cross   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^e DataDyne Group   (United States)

^f C/O UNICEF ESARO   (Kenya)

^g Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Equity; Malaria; Measles; Mosquito nets; Vaccination; Zambia

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MEASLES VACCINE;

IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MEASLES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COST CONTROL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG LASTING INSECTICIDE TREATED BED NET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MONEY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REWARD; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; VACCINATION; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 27844471498     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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