Missed treatment opportunities, for pregnant and breast-feeding women, in onchocerciasis mass-treatment programmes in south-eastern Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 697-702

  Maduka, C U ^a   Nweke, L N ^a   Miri, E S ^a   Amazigo, U ^b   Emukah, E C ^a   Richards, F O ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 6344240334     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225021497     Document Type: Article

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