Is the expanded programme on immunisation the most appropriate delivery system for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in West Africa?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 743-750

  Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Webster, Jayne ^a   Smith, Lucy ^a   Awine, Timothy ^b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^c   Carneiro, Ilona ^a  

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

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Coverage; Expanded Programme on Immunisation; Ghana; Intermittent preventive treatment; Malaria; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MEASLES; MONOTHERAPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERTUSSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TETANUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MOTHERS; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34249909520     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01844.x     Document Type: Article

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