Gender issues in the community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Clemmons, L ^a   Amazigo, U V ^a   Bissek, A C ^a   Noma, M ^a   Oyene, U ^a   Ekpo, U ^a   Msuya Mpanju, J ^a   Katenga, S ^a   Seketeli A ^a  

^a African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0036215307     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125000655     Document Type: Review

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