Reductions in malaria and anaemia case and death burden at hospitals following scale-up of malaria control in Zanzibar, 1999-2008.

W Aregawi, Maru; S Ali, Abdullah; Al-mafazy, Abdul-wahiyd; Molteni, Fabrizio; Katikiti, Samson; Warsame, Marian; J A Njau, Ritha; Komatsu, Ryuichi; Korenromp, Eline; Hosseini, Mehran; Low-Beer, Daniel; Bjorkman, Anders; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Coosemans, Marc; Otten, Mac

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-46

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Reductions in malaria and anaemia case and death burden at hospitals following scale-up of malaria control in Zanzibar, 1999-2008.

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Maru W Aregawi

Abdullah S Ali

Abdul-wahiyd Al-mafazy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In Zanzibar, the Ministry of Health and partners accelerated malaria control from September 2003 onwards. The impact of the scale-up of insecticide-treated nets (ITN), indoor-residual spraying (IRS) and artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) combined on malaria burden was assessed at six ...

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