Examining equity in access to long-lasting insecticide nets and artemisinin-based combination therapy in Anambra state, Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mbachu, Chinyere O ^a   Onwujekwe, Obinna E ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin S C ^a   Uchegbu, Eloka ^a   Oranuba, Joseph ^b   Ilika, Amobi L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ACT; Artemisinin based combination therapy; Equity; LLIN; Long lasting insecticide nets; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OWNERSHIP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861415042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-315     Document Type: Article

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