Maintaining effective mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis through in-process monitoring in Sierra Leone

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hodges, Mary H ^a,c   Sonnie, Mustapha ^a,c   Turay, Hamid ^a,c   Conteh, Abdulai ^b   MacCarthy, Florence ^b   Sesay, Santigie ^b  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health and Sanitation ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^c Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Lymphatic filariasis; Mass drug administration; Monitoring and evaluation; Supply chain management; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IN PROCESS MONITORING; INTERVIEW; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIGRATION; MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84867302074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-232     Document Type: Article

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