Estimated financial and human resources requirements for the treatment of malaria in Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Muula, Adamson S ^a,b   Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^c   Siziya, Seter ^d   Mataya, Ronald H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b IL   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; PREVALENCE; ECONOMICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38849152781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-168     Document Type: Article

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