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Sustained high coverage of insecticide-treated bednets through combined Catch-up and Keep-up strategies

  1. Mark Grabowsky1,
  2. Theresa Nobiya2,
  3. Joel Selanikio3

Article first published online: 25 JUN 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01862.x

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Tropical Medicine & International Health

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 12, Issue 7, pages 815–822, July 2007

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Grabowsky, M., Nobiya, T. and Selanikio, J. (2007), Sustained high coverage of insecticide-treated bednets through combined Catch-up and Keep-up strategies. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 12: 815–822. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01862.x

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  1. 1

     American Red Cross, USA

  2. 2

     Ghana Red Cross Society, Ghana

  3. 3

     Datadyne Group, USA

*Corresponding Author Mark Grabowsky, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 8 chemin Blandonnet, 1214 Vernier (GE), Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 791 5943; Fax: +41 22 791 1701; E-mail: mark.grabowsky@theglobalfund.org

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