Free treatment, rapid malaria diagnostic tests and malaria village workers can hasten progress toward achieving the malaria related millennium development goals: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience from Chad, Sierra-Leone and Mali

• Main Authors: Katie Tayler-Smith (Author), Alice Kociejowski (Author), Nadine de Lamotte (Author), Seco Gerard (Author), Frederique Ponsar (Author), Mit Philips (Author), Rony Zachariah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Halving the burden of malaria by 2015 and ensuring that 80% of people with malaria receive treatment is among the health related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Despite political momentum toward achieving this target, progress is slow and many with malaria (particularly in poor a...