Mectizan donation program: Evaluation of a public-private partnership

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Peters, David H ^a   Phillips, Traci ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Governance; Mectizan; Onchocerciasis; Public private partnership

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MARKETING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; FILARICIDES; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 2342511458     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01209.x     Document Type: Review

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