Assessing the impact of scaling-up bednet coverage through agricultural loan programmes: Evidence from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Katete, Zambia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 660-667

  Fink, Günther ^a   Masiye, Felix ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Bednets; Insecticide treated bednets; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; SELF REPORT; ZAMBIA;

AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; ZAMBIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84867332108     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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