Vouchers for scaling up insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania: Methods for monitoring and evaluation of a national health system intervention

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hanson, Kara ^a   Nathan, Rose ^b   Marchant, Tanya ^a,b   Mponda, Hadji ^a,b   Jones, Caroline ^a   Bruce, Jane ^a   Stephen, Godlove ^b   Mulligan, Jo ^a   Mshinda, Hassan ^b   Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong ^a,b  

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

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; INTERVIEW; MALARIA CONTROL; MARKET; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; BED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALARIA; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 46249105216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-205     Document Type: Article

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