A steep decline of malaria morbidity and mortality trends in Eritrea between 2000 and 2004: The effect of combination of control methods

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nyarango, Peter M ^a   Gebremeske, Tewolde ^b   Mebrahtu, Goitom ^b   Mufunda, Jacob ^a   Abdulmumini, Usman ^b   Ogbamariam, Andom ^b   Kosia, Andrew ^c   Gebremichael, Andemariam ^a   Gunawardena, Disanayike ^b,d   Ghebrat, Yohannes ^c   Okbaldet, Yahannes ^b  

^a Orotta School of Medicine   (Eritrea)

^b Ministry of Health   (Eritrea)

^c WHO Eritrea Country Office   (Eritrea)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MALATHION; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERITREA; FATALITY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; DDT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ERITREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALATHION; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746009935     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-33     Document Type: Article

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