Health care at the end of the road: Opportunities from 20 years of partnership in onchocerciasis control

Global Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-196

  Haddad, D ^a,b   Cross, C ^c   Thylefors, B ^d   Richards Jr , F O ^e   Bush, S ^c   Hopkins, A D ^f   Baker, S K ^a  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

^d Mectizan Donation Program   (United States)

^e CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^f CBM   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community directed interventions; Millennium development goals; Neglected tropical diseases; Onchocerciasis; Partnership; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; FILARIASIS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GOALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42049095919     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690801900134     Document Type: Article

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