Cost effectiveness and resource allocation of Plasmodium falciparum malaria control in Myanmar: A modelling analysis of bed nets and community health workers

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Drake, Tom L ^a,b   Kyaw, Shwe Sin ^a   Kyaw, Myat Phone ^c   Smithuis, Frank M ^b,d   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   White, Lisa J ^a,b   Lubell, Yoel ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health   (Myanmar)

^d Medical Action Myanmar ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Cost; Cost effectiveness; Economic; Malaria; Policy; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MYANMAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAINING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYANMAR;

EID: 84942421627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0886-x     Document Type: Article

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