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Socio-economic and demographic disparities in ownership and use of insecticide-treated bed nets for preventing malaria among rural reproductive-aged women in northern Ghana

BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) is one of the cost-effective interventions for preventing malaria in endemic settings. Ghana has made tremendous efforts to ensure widespread ow...

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Autores principales:	Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Phillips, James F., Kachur, Stephen Patrick, Achana, Sabastian F., Akazili, James, Bawah, Ayaga A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6350974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30695044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211365

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