Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: Is BRAC Uganda health programme pursuing a pro-poor path?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ahmed, Syed Masud ^a   Zerihun, Abebual ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LONG LASTING INSECTICIDE TREATED BED NET; MALARIA; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; POVERTY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA;

BEDDING AND LINENS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UGANDA;

EID: 77958583948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012660     Document Type: Article

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