Effect of anti-malarial interventions on trends of malaria cases, hospital admissions and deaths, 2005–2015, Ghana

Effect of anti-malarial interventions on trends of malaria cases, hospital admissions and deaths, 2005–2015, Ghana

Abstract Background Since 2005, the Government of Ghana and its partners, in concerted efforts to control malaria, scaled up the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). Beginning in 2011, a mass campaign of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) was im...

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Main Authors: Maru Aregawi, Keziah L. Malm, Mohammed Wahjib, Osae Kofi, Naa-Korkor Allotey, Peprah Nana Yaw, Wilmot Abba-Baffoe, Sylvester Segbaya, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Abderahmane T. Kharchi, Ryan O. Williams, Mark Saalfeld, Nibretie Workneh, Estifanos Biru Shargie, Abdisalan M. Noor, Constance Bart-Plange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Impact
LLIN mass campaign
Indoor residual spraying
Ghana
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1828-6

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