Schistosomiasis control in Ghana: Case management and means for diagnosis and treatment within the health system

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-152

  van der Werf, Marieke J ^a   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^b   de Vlas, Sake J ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Control; Cost analysis; Ghana; Integration; Primary health care; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Schitosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAINING;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0142029597     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90102-7     Document Type: Article

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