Using rainfall and temperature data in the evaluation of national malaria control programs in Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-45

  Thomson, Madeleine C ^a,b   Ukawuba, Israel ^a   Hershey, Christine L ^c   Bennett, Adam ^d   Ceccato, Pietro ^a   Lyon, Bradfield ^a   Dinku, Tufa ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; MALI; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; RWANDA; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UGANDA; AFRICA; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; MALARIA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85030119619     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0696     Document Type: Article

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