A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Health research and capacity building in disease-endemic countries for helminthiases control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Osei Atweneboana, Mike Y ^a   Lustigman, Sara ^b   Prichard, Roger K ^c   Boatin, Boakye A ^c,d   Basáñez, María Gloria ^e  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; POLITICS; POVERTY; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHER; TROPICAL DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84861203412     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001602     Document Type: Review

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