Potential for integrated control of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-214

  Tadesse, Zerihun ^a   Hailemariam, Afework ^b   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^b Malaria Consortium Ethiopia Office   (Ethiopia)

^c MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Africa; Ethiopia; Integrated control; Mass drug administration; Neglected tropical diseases; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHIOPIA; EXPERIENCE; FILARIASIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYMPTOM; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 38949104073     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.005     Document Type: Review

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