Sustainability of ivermectin distribution programmes

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9692, 2009, Pages 785-786

  Rakers, Lindsay J ^a   Emukah, Emmanuel ^a   Onyenama, Jude ^b   Amah, Grace ^a   Ukairo, Nnenna ^c   Enyinnaya, Uche ^a   Miri, Emmanuel ^a   Richards, Frank ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b HIV AIDS STI and STD Unit   (Nigeria)

^c Abia State Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 69449088126     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61590-7     Document Type: Letter

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