Factors affecting the attrition of community-directed distributors of ivermectin, in an onchocerciasis-control programme in the Imo and Abia states of south-eastern Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Emukah, E C ^a   Enyinnaya, U ^a   Olaniran, N S ^b   Akpan, E A ^b   Hopkins, D R ^a   Miri, E S ^a   Amazigo, U ^c   Okoronkwo, C ^d   Stanley, A ^a   Rakers, L ^a   Richards, F O ^a   Katabarwa, M N ^a,e  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control   (Burkina Faso)

^d Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e Federal Ministry of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHELMINTICS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 38749142966     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X252241     Document Type: Article

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