Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?

The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-governmental development organization, started working in the East African state of Uganda in June 2006....

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Główni autorzy: Ahmed, Syed Masud, Zerihun, Abebual
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Język:English
Wydane: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
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spelling 10361-131532019-12-01T21:01:11Z Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path? Ahmed, Syed Masud Zerihun, Abebual Insecticidal bed nets BRAC Uganda Health Programme BRAC Uganda Health Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC) The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-governmental development organization, started working in the East African state of Uganda in June 2006. As part of its efforts to improve the health and well-being of its participants, BRAC Uganda has been distributing long lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLIN) at a subsidized price through health volunteers since February 2008. This study was conducted in March-April 2009 to examine how equitable the programme had been in consistence with BRAC Uganda's pro-poor policy. 2019-12-01T05:39:41Z 2019-12-01T05:39:41Z 2009 Research paper Ahmed, S. M., & Zerihun, A. (2009). Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path? Research Reports (2009): Health Studies, Vol - XLI, 54–59. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13153 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution Brac University
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language English
topic Insecticidal bed nets
BRAC Uganda Health Programme
BRAC
Uganda
Health
Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)
spellingShingle Insecticidal bed nets
BRAC Uganda Health Programme
BRAC
Uganda
Health
Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)
Ahmed, Syed Masud
Zerihun, Abebual
Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
description The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-governmental development organization, started working in the East African state of Uganda in June 2006. As part of its efforts to improve the health and well-being of its participants, BRAC Uganda has been distributing long lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLIN) at a subsidized price through health volunteers since February 2008. This study was conducted in March-April 2009 to examine how equitable the programme had been in consistence with BRAC Uganda's pro-poor policy.
format Research paper
author Ahmed, Syed Masud
Zerihun, Abebual
author_facet Ahmed, Syed Masud
Zerihun, Abebual
author_sort Ahmed, Syed Masud
title Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
title_short Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
title_full Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
title_fullStr Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
title_full_unstemmed Possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of Uganda: is BRAC Uganda Health Programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
title_sort possession and usage of insecticidal bed nets among the people of uganda: is brac uganda health programme pursuing a pro-poor path?
publisher BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13153
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