The other 'neglected' eradication programme: achieving the final mile for Guinea worm disease eradication?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 741-742

  Al Awadi, Abdul Rahman ^a   Karam, Marc V ^b   Molyneux, David H ^c   Breman, Joel G ^d  

^a Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences   (Kuwait)

^b International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (ICCDE)   (France)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Dracunculiasis; Eradication; Guinea worm; WHO

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CERTIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; EDITORIAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SUDAN;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DRACUNCULIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS;

DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS;

EID: 34250705858     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.002     Document Type: Editorial

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