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Contributions made by social scientists to malaria control reviewed

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 22nd, 2004

Researchers review the contributions made by social scientists to malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa in a recent issue of Social Science and Medicine.

"In 1996, Social Science and Medicine published a review of treatment seeking for malaria. Since that time, a significant amount of socio-behavioral research on the home management of malaria has been undertaken. In addition, recent initiatives such as Roll Back Malaria have emphasized the importance of social science inputs to malaria research and control. However, there has been a growing feeling that the potential contributions that social science could and should be making to malaria research and...

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