Roll back malaria - An African success story in Eritrea

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-50

  Mufunda, Jacob ^a   Nyarango, Peter ^a   Usman, Abdulmumini ^b   Gebremeskel, Tewolde ^d   Mebrahtu, Goitom ^c   Ogbamariam, Andom ^c   Kosia, Andrew ^b   Ghebrat, Yohannes ^b   Gebresillosie, Shashu ^c   Goitom, Samuel ^c   Araya, Eyob ^b   Andemichael, Girmay ^b   Gebremichael, Andemariam ^a  

^a Orotta School of Medicine   (Eritrea)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (Eritrea)

^d National Malaria Control Program (NMCP)   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERITREA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ERITREA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846429206     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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