Willingness to pay for the maintenance of equity in a local ivermectin distribution scheme in Toro, Northern Nigeria

Public Health

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-194

  Onwujekwe, O E ^a   Shu, E N ^a   Okonkwo, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community financing; Equity; Ivermectin; Onchocerciasis; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

NIGERIA; TORO;

EID: 0032842624     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(99)00153-5     Document Type: Article

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