Social economic factors and malaria transmission in Lower Moshi, northern Tanzania Full Text
Parasites & Vectors, 06/29/2012
Lowassa A et al. – Distance to the health centre influenced malaria treatment seeking behaviors, and the number of visits made by the household members. In addition, the education level of the household heads played a role in understanding and in the selection of malaria interventions for the households. Increasing the number of health facilities close to rural areas will improve malaria treatment seeking behavior, case management and hence reduce malaria–associated morbidities, especially in high risk groups.
