Household burden of malaria in South Africa and Mozambique: is there a catastrophic impact?

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on January 01, 2008

Authors

Marianela Castillo-Riquelme1, Diane McIntyre, Karen Barnes

Author Affiliations

1: Health Economic Unit, Department of Public Health & Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. marianela.castillo-riquelme@uct.ac.za

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