Malaria in Rural Nigeria: Implications for the Millennium Development Goals
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Malaria in Rural Nigeria: Implications for the Millennium Development Goals
In recent years, there has been increase in human and financial commitments to malaria control, nationally and internationally, partly due to the need to meet the development targets set in the millennium development goals (MDGs). However, these efforts have not translated into significant decrease in the disease incidence and its impact in Nigeria. Using the cost of illness analysis, the paper...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Development Review
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1017-6772,1467-8268
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2009.00204.x