Lessons learned from implementation of a demonstration program to reduce the burden of anemia and hookworm in women in Yen Bai Province, Viet Nam

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Phuc, Tran Q ^a   Mihrshahi, Seema ^b   Casey, Gerard J ^b   Phu, Luong B ^c   Tien, Nong T ^a   Caruana, Sonia R ^b   Thach, Tran D ^d   Montresor, Antonio ^e   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^b,f  

^a National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Yen Bai Centre of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Viet Nam)

^d Research and Training Centre for Community Development   (Viet Nam)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORM EXPULSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; PREGNANCY; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049097163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-266     Document Type: Article

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