From malaria control to eradication: The WHO perspective

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 802-809

  Mendis, Kamini ^a   Rietveld, Aafje ^a   Warsame, Marian ^a   Bosman, Andrea ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Wernsdorfer, Walther H ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Control; Elimination; Eradication; Malaria; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BED NET; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 68149181661     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02287.x     Document Type: Review

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