Publication Date
2002
4 p
A concise publication on reducing the incidence of malaria among children. It provides some useful background facts on childhood mortality and other consequences such as low birth weight, anaemia, epilepsy, and learning difficulties. It then describes the tools to 'roll back malaria': insecticide-treated bednets, intermittent preventative treatment, antimalarial drug combination therapy, improving access to treatment, and strengthening health infrastructure
Document No:WHO/CDS/RBM/2002.38 Series:RBM Briefing Document
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Keywords
Cross-cutting; accessibility; Disability and social diversity; children with disabilities; Health; diseases: communicable diseases (CD); malaria; diseases: non-communicable diseases (NCD); anaemia; issues: maternal and child health; risk factors; systems: health information systems; systems: medical products vaccines and technologies; systems: service delivery; treatment and prevention; Rehabilitation; therapeutic (treatment)