Use of insecticide-impregnated bed nets in Gambian primary health care: economic aspects.
Village-wide use of permethrin-impregnated bed nets, compared with placebo-treated nets, has reduced clinical attacks of malaria by 63% in the Gambia. Costs were calculated for nets made by local tailors and for their treatment with insecticide in the villages, as well as for targeted chemoprophylax...
Main Authors: | MacCormack, C, Snow, R, Greenwood, B |
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Format: | Journal article |
Sprog: | English |
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1989
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