Evaluation of community compliance with annual ivermectin treatment of onchocerciasis in Patigi, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-242

  Oyibo, W A ^b   Fagbenro Beyiku, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

HEALTH CARE; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DRUGS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT; USER COMPLIANCE; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

NIGERIA;

ACAR;

EID: 0031771621     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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