Neglected tropical disease control in post-war Sierra Leone using the Onchocerciasis Control Programme as a platform

International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-74

  Hodges, Mary E ^a   Koroma, Joseph B ^b,c   Sonnie, Mustapha ^a   Kennedy, Ngozi ^d   Cotter, Emily ^e   Macarthur, Chad ^a  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b National Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program   (Sierra Leone)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d National School and Adolescent Health Program   (Sierra Leone)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphatic filariasis; Neglected tropical diseases; Onchocerciasis; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminths; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SIERRA LEONE; STOMACH PAIN; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; VOMITING;

EID: 79958769038     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

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