Local perceptions of intermittent screening and treatment for malaria in school children on the south coast of Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Okello, George ^a   Ndegwa, Sarah N ^a   Halliday, Katherine E ^b   Hanson, Kara ^b   Brooker, Simon J ^a,b   Jones, Caroline ^a,c,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHER;

CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84861954940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-185     Document Type: Article

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