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Burden of malaria at community level in children less than 5 years of age in Togo

author(s) Terlouw, D.J.. - Crawford, S.B.. - Dorkenoo, A.. - Eliades, M.J.. - Hawley, W.A.. - Hightower, A.W.. - Kuile, F.O.ter. - Morgah, K.. - Sodahlon, Y.. - Wolkon, A.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Eliades, M.J.; Wolkon, A.; Morgah, K.; Crawford, S.B.; Dorkenoo, A.; Sodahlon, Y.; Hawley, W.A.; Hightower, A.W.; Kuile, F.O. ter; Terlouw, D.J. Burden of malaria at community level in children less than 5 years of age in Togo. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2006) 75 (4) 622-629

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Abstract

A community-based baseline cross-sectional survey was conducted in three districts in Togo in September 2004 as part of a multidisciplinary evaluation of the impact of the Togo National Integrated Child Health Campaign. During this campaign, long-lasting-insecticide-treated bed nets (LLITNs) were distributed to households with children between 9 months and 5 years of age throughout the country in December 2004. The pre-intervention survey provided baseline malaria and anemia prevalence in children

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