Impact of a malaria-control project in Benin that included the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2333-2341

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a   Onikpo, Faustin ^c   Lama, Marcel ^d   Osterholt, Dawn M ^a,b   Deming, Michael S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Benin)

^d Africare Benin ^*  (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; BENIN; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BENIN; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 81555226634     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300068     Document Type: Article

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