Present and future schistosomiasis control activities with support from the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative in West Africa

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1731-1737

  Garba, A ^a   Toure S ^b   Dembele R ^c   Boisier, P ^d   Tohon, Z ^d   Bosque Oliva E ^e   Koukounari, A ^e   Fenwick, A ^e  

^a Ministry of Health Niamey   (Niger)

^b MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^c Programme National de Lutte Contre la Schistosomiase   (Mali)

^d Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; control; integration; Mali; morbidity; Niger; schistosomiasis; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT;

BURKINA FASO; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALI; NIGER; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME;

SCHISTOSOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75649104317     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009990369     Document Type: Review

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