National malaria vector control policy: An analysis of the decision to scale-up larviciding in Nigeria

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-101

  Tesfazghi, Kemi ^a   Hill, Jenny ^a   Jones, Caroline ^b,c   Ranson, Hilary ^a   Worrall, Eve ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

larval source management; Larviciding; malaria; policy analysis; vector control

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALARIA; MANAGEMENT; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NIGERIA; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NIGERIA; PESTICIDES; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84966441074     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv055     Document Type: Article

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