Assessment of a national voucher scheme to deliver insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-156

  Marchant, Tanya ^a   Schellenberg, David ^a   Nathan, Rose ^b   Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna ^a   Mponda, Hadji ^b   Jones, Caroline ^a   Sedekia, Yovitha ^b   Bruce, Jane ^a   Hanson, Kara ^a  

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

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PREGNANT WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA;

EID: 77949899337     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090268     Document Type: Article

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