Free distribution of insecticide treated bed nets to pregnant women in Kinshasa: An effective way to achieve 80% use by women and their newborns

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-28

  Pettifor, Audrey ^a   Taylor, Eboni ^a   Nku, David ^b   Duvall, Sandra ^a   Tabala, Martine ^c   Mwandagalirwa, Kashamuka ^c   Meshnick, Steve ^a   Behets, Frieda ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina ^*  (Congo)

^c School of Public Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Insecticide treated bed nets; Malaria prevention

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; COHORT STUDIES; CONGO; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KINSHASA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VILLE DE KINSHASA;

EID: 58449087561     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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