Evaluating different dimensions of programme effectiveness for private medicine retailer malaria control interventions in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Abuya, Timothy O ^a   Fegan, Greg ^a,b   Amin, Abdinasir A ^c   Akhwale, Willis S ^d   Noor, Abdisalan M ^e   Snow, Robert W ^e   Marsh, Vicki ^a,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^c POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA CONTROL; PRIVATE MEDICINE RETAILER; PUBLIC HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77952522189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008937     Document Type: Article

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