Comparison of anaemia and parasitaemia as indicators of malaria control in household and EPI-health facility surveys in Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mathanga, Don P ^a   Campbell, Carl H ^b   Eng, Jodi Vanden ^b   Wolkon, Adam ^b   Bronzan, Rachel N ^b   Malenga, Grace J ^a   Ali, Doreen ^c   Desai, Meghna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BED NET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77951057072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-107     Document Type: Article

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