Integrated surveys of neglected tropical diseases in southern sudan: How much do they cost and can they be refined?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Kolaczinski, Jan H ^a,b   Hanson, Kara ^b   Robinson, Emily ^a   Picon, Diana ^c   Sabasio, Anthony ^c   Mpakateni, Martin ^c   Lado, Mounir ^d   Moore, Stephen ^c   Petty, Nora ^c   Brooker, Simon ^b,e  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Malaria Consortium   (Sudan)

^d Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUDAN; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; SUDAN;

EID: 77957918035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000745     Document Type: Article

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