The evil circle of poverty: A qualitative study of malaria and disability

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ingstad, Benedicte ^a   Munthali, Alister C ^b   Braathen, Stine H ^c   Grut, Lisbet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disability; Health policy; Poverty; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; BRAIN MALARIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISABILITY; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; OPEN STUDY; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84855584968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-15     Document Type: Article

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