Does mass drug administration for the integrated treatment of neglected tropical diseases really work? Assessing evidence for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Parker, Melissa ^a   Allen, Tim ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAW; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; MIGRATION; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SELF REPORT; SOIL; TROPICAL DISEASE; UGANDA;

EID: 78650899623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-3     Document Type: Article

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