Costs and cost-effectiveness of delivering intermittent preventive treatment through schools in western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Temperley, Matilda ^a   Mueller, Dirk H ^a   Njagi, J Kiambo ^b   Akhwale, Willis ^b   Clarke, Siân E ^a   Jukes, Matthew C H ^c   Estambale, Benson B A ^d   Brooker, Simon ^a,e  

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; FANSIDAR; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEACHER; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ECONOMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 53649094572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-196     Document Type: Article

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