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How equitable is bed net ownership and utilisation in Tanzania? A practical application of the principles of horizontal and vertical equity

Fred Matovu1,2*, Catherine Goodman2,3, Virginia Wiseman4 and William Mwengee5

Author Affiliations

1 Faculty of Economics and Management, Makerere University, P.O Box, 7062 Kampala, Uganda

2 Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK

3 KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, PO Box 43640, Nairobi, Kenya

4 Gates Malaria Partnership, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 50 Bedford Square, London, UK

5 WHO, Country Office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Malaria Journal 2009, 8:109 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-109

Published: 21 May 2009

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Summary statistics of PCA of household asset variables. The data provided represent the mean, range, weight and the impact on the PCA score for each household item included in the computation of the asset-index.

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