International Health
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 148-153 , December 2009

The shift from public to private health care providers and malaria deaths in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India, 2006

  • Puran K. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • ,
  • T. Sen

      Affiliations

    • West Bengal State Health Services, West Bengal, India
    • ,
  • R. Ramakrishnan

      Affiliations

    • Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), R 127, Third Avenue, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Phase I and II, Ayapakkam, Chennai, TN, 600077.
    • ,
  • Y. Hutin

      Affiliations

    • Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • World Health Organization, India country office, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • M. Murhekar

      Affiliations

    • Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Received 5 June 2009 ,Revised 8 July 2009 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.09.003

International Health
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