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Malaria: The big push

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Zambia, with help from partners around the world, is stepping up its battle against malaria. Michael Hopkin reports from the rural front line.

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  1. WHO Global Malaria Program Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit Impact of Long-Lasting insecticidal-treated nets LLINs) and artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) measured using surveillance data, in four African countries (WHO, Geneva, 2008).

  2. MACEPA Technical Brief 1. Zambia 2006 National Malaria Indicator Survey (MACEPA, 2007).

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See Editorial, page 1030, and online at http://www.nature.com/news/specials/malaria/index.html .

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