Malaria in Uganda: Challenges to control on the long road to elimination. II. The path forward

Acta Tropica

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-201

  Talisuna, Ambrose ^a   Adibaku, Seraphine ^b   Dorsey, Grant ^c   Kamya, Moses R ^d   Rosenthal, Philip J ^c  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Artemisinin based combination therapy; Health systems; Indoor residual spraying; Insecticide treated nets; Intermittent preventive therapy; Malaria; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; INSECTICIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEADERSHIP; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; SCALE UP; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 84857640774     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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