Additional health and development activities for community-directed distributors of ivermectin: Threat or opportunity for onchocerciasis control?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 887-896

  Okeibunor, Joseph C ^a   Ogungbemi, Michael K ^b   Sama, Martin ^c   Gbeleou, Sesso C ^d   Oyene, Ukam ^e,g   Remme, Jan H F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c Institute of Medical Research   (Cameroon)

^d Ministry of Health   (Togo)

^e Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community directed distributors; Control; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; SANITATION; TOGO; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAMEROON; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FILARICIDES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOGO; WEST AFRICA;

NEMATODA;

EID: 4344624877     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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