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Community response to intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) delivered through the expanded programme of immunization in five African settings

BACKGROUND: IPTi delivered through EPI has been shown to reduce the incidence of clinical malaria by 20–59%. However, new health interventions can only be effective if they are also socially and culturally acceptable. It is also crucial to ensure that attitudes to IPTi do not negatively influence at...

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Autores principales: Gysels, Marjolein, Pell, Christopher, Mathanga, Don P, Adongo, Philip, Odhiambo, Frank, Gosling, Roly, Akweongo, Patricia, Mwangi, Rose, Okello, George, Mangesho, Peter, Slutsker, Lawrence, Kremsner, Peter G, Grobusch, Martin P, Hamel, Mary J, Newman, Robert D, Pool, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19664250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-191