Reductions in malaria and anaemia case and death burden at hospitals following scale-up of malaria control in Zanzibar, 1999-2008

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Aregawi, Maru W ^a   Ali, Abdullah S ^b   Al Mafazy, Abdul Wahiyd ^b   Molteni, Fabrizio ^b   Katikiti, Samson ^a   Warsame, Marian ^a   Njau, Ritha Ja ^a   Komatsu, Ryuichi ^c   Korenromp, Eline ^c,d   Hosseini, Mehran ^c   Low Beer, Daniel ^c   Bjorkman, Anders ^f   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^e   Coosemans, Marc ^e   Otten, Mac ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^c TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANEMIA; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; SURVIVAL;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; LACTONE;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTONES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 79951559609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-46     Document Type: Review

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