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Affordable house designs to improve health in rural Africa: a field study from northeastern Tanzania
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The population of sub-Saharan Africa is currently estimated to be 1245 million and is expected to quadruple by the end of the century, necessitating the building of millions of homes. Malaria remains a substantial problem in this region and efforts to minimise transmission should be considered in future house planning. We studied how building elements, which have been successfully employed in southeast Asia to prevent mosquitos from entering and cooling the house, coul...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/s2542-5196(17)30078-5
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Department for International Development
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Medical Research Council
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Wellcome Trust
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Ruth W Jensens Foundation
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Hanako Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Lancet Planetary Health Journal website
- Volume:
- 1
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- e188-e199
- Publication date:
- 2017-08-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-01
- DOI:
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2542-5196
- Pmid:
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29851640
- Source identifiers:
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854349
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- English
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pubs:854349
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uuid:4ada4743-35e1-41a8-819a-70489bb3367e
- Local pid:
- pubs:854349
- Deposit date:
- 2018-06-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Mukaka et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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