Malaria in school-age children in Africa: An increasingly important challenge

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1294-1309

  Nankabirwa, Joaniter ^a   Brooker, Simon J ^b   Clarke, Sian E ^b   Fernando, Deepika ^c   Gitonga, Caroline W ^b,d   Schellenberg, David ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Malaria; School age children

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MALARIA VACCINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA; AFRICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; BREEDING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84907876067     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12374     Document Type: Article

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