The history of malaria control in africa: Lessons Learned and future perspectives

Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 114-135

  Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Shiff, Clive ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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