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Perceived Health System Challenges of Implementing Cross-Border Malaria Preventive Measures at Ports of Entry in KwaZulu-Natal Cover

Perceived Health System Challenges of Implementing Cross-Border Malaria Preventive Measures at Ports of Entry in KwaZulu-Natal

Annals of Global Health
Volume 89 (2023): Issue 1
By: Ida M. Munsense and  Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni  
Open Access
|Apr 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3992 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 19, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 16, 2023
Published on: Apr 27, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
cross-border,
malaria preventive measures,
imported malaria,
implementation challenges,
South Africa,
KwaZulu-Natal

© 2023 Ida M. Munsense, Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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