Present situation of vector-control management in Bangladesh: A wake up call

Health Policy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-376

  Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Alam, Mohammad Shafiul ^a   Karim, Zehadul ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^c   Kroeger, Axel ^d  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Public health; Tropical disease; Vector control; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNDING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE SPRAYING; LEISHMANIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; BEDDING AND LINENS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENTOMOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING;

EID: 47849093071     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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