The use of schools for malaria surveillance and programme evaluation in Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Brooker, Simon ^a,b   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^b,c   Gitonga, Carol W ^a   Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,d   Snow, Robert W ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

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

^c MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; REVIEW; SCHOOL; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; MALARIA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 78650196149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-231     Document Type: Review

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