Effective coverage and systems effectiveness for malaria case management in Sub-Saharan African countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Galactionova, Katya ^a,b   Tediosi, Fabrizio ^a,b   De Savigny, Don ^a,b   Smith, Thomas ^a,b   Tanner, Marcel ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 84930649889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127818     Document Type: Article

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