Ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets in Oromia and Amhara regional states of Ethiopia two years after a nationwide campaign.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on September 01, 2011

Authors

Wakgari Deressa1, Gashu Fentie, Shoa Girma, Richard Reithinger

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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