Low perception of malaria risk among the Ra-glai ethnic minority in south-central Vietnam: implications for forest malaria control
Open Access
- 20 January 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 9 (1) , 23
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-23
Abstract
Despite Vietnam's success in reducing malaria mortality and morbidity over the last decade, malaria persists in the forested and mountainous areas of the central and southern provinces, where more than 50% of the clinical cases and 90% of severe cases and malaria deaths occur.Keywords
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