Effect on treatment coverage of adding community-directed treatment to the health facility-based approach of delivering anthelminthic drugs to under-five children during child health week in Mazabuka District, Zambia

International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-261

  Halwindi, Hikabasa ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^b   Meyrowitsch, Dan ^c   Handema, Ray ^a   Siziya, Seter ^a   Olsen, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child health week; Community directed treatment; Soil transmitted helminthiasis; Treatment coverage; Under five children; Zambia

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 78649636445     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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