Malaria intervention scale-up in Africa: Effectiveness predictions for health programme planning tools, based on dynamic transmission modelling

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Korenromp, Eline ^a   Mahiané, Guy ^a   Hamilton, Matthew ^a   Pretorius, Carel ^a   Cibulskis, Richard ^b   Lauer, Jeremy ^b   Smith, Thomas A ^c,d   Briët, Olivier J T ^c,d  

^a AVENIR HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health impact; Indoor residual spraying; Insecticide treated mosquito nets; Malaria; Modelling; Morbidity; Mortality; Prevention; Programme planning; Treatment; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VECTOR CONTROL; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983057044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1461-9     Document Type: Article

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