Targeting populations at higher risk for malaria: A survey of national malaria elimination programmes in the Asia Pacific

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wen, Shawn ^a   Harvard, Kelly E ^a   Gueye, Cara Smith ^a   Canavati, Sara E ^b,c   Chancellor, Arna ^d   Ahmed, Be Nazir ^e   Leaburi, John ^f   Lek, Dysoley ^g   Namgay, Rinzin ^h   Surya, Asik ⁱ   Thakur, Garib D ^j   Whittaker, Maxine Anne ^k   Gosling, Roly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^f Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

^g Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^h Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^j Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^k JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Hard to reach populations; High risk populations; Malaria elimination; Migrant populations; Mobile populations; Populations at higher risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA PACIFIC; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; MIGRANT WORKER; MONITORING; OVERSEAS WORKER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; ASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84969286790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1319-1     Document Type: Article

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