Solving the sisyphean problem of malaria in Zanzibar

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6036, 2011, Pages 1384-1385

  Smith, David L ^a   Cohen, Justin M ^b   Moonen, Bruno ^b   Tatem, Andrew J ^a   Sabot, Oliver J ^b   Ali, Abdullah ^c   Mugheiry, Sultan M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^c Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme   (Tanzania)

^d Minister of Health and Social Welfare   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; MALARIA; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; TANZANIA; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; MALARIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 79959372168     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1201398     Document Type: Short Survey

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16. The authors thank the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for financial support, and H. Gelband and S. Hay for feeback.