Factors associated with population coverage of targeted malaria elimination (TME) in southern Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

Malaria Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Adhikari, Bipin ^a,b,c   Phommasone, Koukeo ^d   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^e   Kommarasy, Palingnaphone ^d   Soundala, Xayaphone ^d   Henriques, Gisela ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a,b   Cheah, Phaik Yeong ^a,b,f   Pell, Christopher ^g,h   Mayxay, Mayfong ^b,d,i  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^e Savannakhet Provincial Health Department   (Laos)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Community; Elimination; Engagement; Knowledge; Malaria; Trust

Indexed keywords

PIPERAQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAOS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TARGETED MALARIA ELIMINATION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE ERADICATION; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE ERADICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032230006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-2070-y     Document Type: Article

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