Delivering new malaria drugs through grassroots private sector

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 425-431

  Chiguzo, A N ^a   Mugo, R W ^b   Wacira, D G ^c   Mwenda, J M ^b   Njuguna, E W ^b  

^a ACK Garden House   (Kenya)

^b ACK Garden House   (Kenya)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

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EID: 67649207697     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v85i9.117083     Document Type: Article

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