Malaria control in Nepal 1963-2012: Challenges on the path towards elimination

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dhimal, Meghnath ^a,b,c   Ahrens, Bodo ^b,c   Kuch, Ulrich ^b,c  

^a Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Climate change; Cross border; Environment; Imported malaria; Insecticide; Malaria elimination; Plasmodium; Resistance; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NEPAL; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902708834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-241     Document Type: Article

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