Participatory evaluations of trachoma control programmes in eight countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 764-772

  Kuper, Hannah ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^a   Buchan, John C ^a   Zondervan, Marcia ^a   Mabey, David ^a   Foster, Allen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Evaluation; Eye care; Health promotion; Monitoring; Ophthalmology; SAFE programme; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BLINDNESS; DISEASE CONTROL;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MONITORING; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEPAL; ORGANIZATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRACHOMA; VIETNAM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23244458860     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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