Onchocerciasis control in Nigeria: Will households be able to afford community-directed treatment with ivermectin?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-281

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a,b   Shu, Elvis ^a   Onwuameze, Obiora ^a   Ndum, Cletus ^a   Okonkwo, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affordability; Ivermectin; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FILARICIDES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0035930388     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00162-0     Document Type: Article

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