Census-derived migration data as a tool for informing malaria elimination policy

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ruktanonchai, Nick W ^a,b   Bhavnani, Darlene ^c   Sorichetta, Alessandro ^a,b   Bengtsson, Linus ^a,b,d   Carter, Keith H ^e   Córdoba, Roberto C ^f   Le Menach, Arnaud ^c   Lu, Xin ^b,d   Wetter, Erik ^b,g   Zu Erbach Schoenberg, Elisabeth ^a,b   Tatem, Andrew J ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

^c CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^f Minister of Health of Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^g STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Census data; Human mobility; Malaria elimination; Migration; Mobile phone data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COSTA RICA; DATA ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MIGRATION; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; URBAN AREA; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAITI; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALARIA; NICARAGUA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

CENSUSES; COSTA RICA; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HAITI; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; NICARAGUA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84969706660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1315-5     Document Type: Article

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