Using the social entrepreneurship approach to generate innovative and sustainable malaria diagnosis interventions in Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Allen, Lisa K ^a   Hetherington, Erin ^a   Manyama, Mange ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEARNING; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALARIA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TANZANIA;

EID: 77649096113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-42     Document Type: Article

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