Improving the cost-effectiveness of IRS with climate informed health surveillance systems

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Worrall, Eve ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^b   Thomson, Madeleine C ^b  

^a Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CLIMATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; SIMULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZIMBABWE;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 60349096184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-263     Document Type: Article

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