Cross-border malaria control for internally displaced persons: Observational results from a pilot programme in eastern Burma/Myanmar

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 512-521

  Richards, Adam K ^a,b   Banek, Kristin ^b   Mullany, Luke C ^b,c   Lee, Catherine I ^b   Smith, Linda ^b   Oo, Eh Kalu Shwe ^d   Lee, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Global Health Access Program   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Tak   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Burma; Community; Internally displaced persons; Malaria; Myanmar; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; INSECTICIDE; MEFLOQUINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; REFUGEE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; BED NET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MYANMAR; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 65649133020     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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