Malaria in camps for internally-displaced persons in Uganda: Evaluation of an insecticide-treated bednet distribution programme

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 719-727

  Spencer, Sebastian ^a,b   Grant, Alison D ^b   Piola, Patrice ^c   Tukpo, Kodzo ^a   Okia, Michael ^d   Garcia, Marlon ^a   Salignon, Pierre ^a   Genevier, Christine ^a   Kiguli, James ^c,e   Guthmann, Jean Paul ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

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

^c EPICENTRE   (France)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bednet coverage; Insecticide treated bednets; Internally displaced persons; Malaria; Programme evaluation; Uganda

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; UGANDA;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 5144224421     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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