Impact of community-based interventions for the prevention and control of malaria on intervention coverage and health outcomes for the prevention and control of malaria

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Salam, Rehana A ^a   Das, Jai K ^a   Lassi, Zohra S ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based interventions; Malaria; Malaria treatment; Malarial control

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BED NET; DISEASE CONTROL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MALARIA; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84919491366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-3-25     Document Type: Review

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