Incremental cost of conducting population-based prevalence surveys for a neglected tropical disease: The example of trachoma in 8 national programs

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Chaoqun ^a   Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^b   King, Jonathan D ^b   Mosher, Aryc ^b   Harding Esch, Emma M ^c   Ngondi, Jeremiah M ^b,d   Emerson, Paul M ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIELD WORK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICA; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHOMA;

EID: 79953795896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000979     Document Type: Article

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