Viewpoint: Evaluating the impact of malaria control efforts on mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1524-1539

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a,j   Steketee, Richard W ^b   Arnold, Fred ^c   Wardlaw, Tessa ^d   Basu, Suprotik ^e   Bakyaita, Nathan ^f   Lama, Marcel ^f   Winston, Carla A ^a   Lynch, Matthew ^g   Cibulskis, Richard E ^h   Shibuya, Kenji ^h   Ratcliffe, Amy A ^a   Nahlen, Bernard L ^a,i  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (France)

^c MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

^f WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^g UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

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

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Author keywords

Africa; Evaluation; Malaria; Methods; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY;

AUTOPSY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36749061950     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01961.x     Document Type: Review

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