Insecticide-treated net ownership and usage in Niger after a nationwide integrated campaign

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 827-834

  Thwing, Julie ^a   Hochberg, Natasha ^a   Eng, Jodi Vanden ^a   Issifi, Sanouna ^b   James Eliades, M ^a   Minkoulou, Etienne ^c   Wolkon, Adam ^a   Gado, Habi ^c   Ibrahim, Ousmane ^d   Newman, Robert D ^a   Lama, Marcel ^c  

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

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Niger Ministry of Health   (Niger)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Community surveys; Malaria

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MALARIA; SAMPLING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VACCINATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NIGER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OWNERSHIP; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 43549092682     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02070.x     Document Type: Article

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