Exploring Household Economic Impacts of Childhood Diarrheal Illnesses in 3 African Settings
Beyond the morbidity and mortality burden of childhood diarrhea in sub-Saharan African are significant economic costs to affected households. Using survey data from 3 of the 4 sites in sub-Saharan Africa (Gambia, Kenya, Mali) participating in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), we estimated...
Main Authors: | Rheingans, Richard, Kukla, Matt, Adegbola, Richard A., Saha, Debasish, Omore, Richard, Breiman, Robert F., Sow, Samba O., Onwuchekwa, Uma, Nasrin, Dilruba, Farag, Tamer H., Kotloff, Karen L., Levine, Myron M. |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502313/ |
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