What will move malaria control to elimination in South Africa?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 801-806

  Moonasar, D ^a   Morris, N ^b   Kleinschmidt, I ^c   Maharaj, R ^b   Raman, J ^b   Mayet, N T ^d   Benson, F G ^a   Durrheim, D N ^e,f   Blumberg, L ^g  

^a NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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

^d National Institute for Communicable Disease   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VECTOR CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MOSQUITO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE ERADICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84885059207     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7445     Document Type: Article

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