Is the scale up of malaria intervention coverage also achieving equity?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Steketee, Richard W ^a   Eisele, Thomas P ^b  

^a Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa   (France)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; DATA ANALYSIS; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; POVERTY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; ANIMAL; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITES; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77949498149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008409     Document Type: Article

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