Eliminating malaria in southeast Asia requires more attention on adolescent girls

Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 Dec;5(12):841-843. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00307-2. Epub 2021 Oct 10.

Authors

Abena Poku-Awuku¹, Jaya Banerji², Valentina Buj de Lauwerier³, Clara Menendez⁴, Raquel Gonzalez⁴, Clara Pons-Duran⁴

Affiliations

¹ Advocacy Department, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Meyrin 1215, Switzerland. Electronic address: poku-awukua@mmv.org.
² Communications Department, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Meyrin 1215, Switzerland.
³ Malaria Unit, Health Section, Programme Division, UNICEF, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 34644543
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00307-2

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Asia, Southeastern
Attention*
Child
Female
Humans
Malaria* / mortality
Malaria* / prevention & control
Sex Factors