The Cost of Annual versus Biannual Community-Directed Treatment of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin: Ghana as a Case Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Hugo C ^a   Osei Atweneboana, Mike Y ^b   Walker, Martin ^a   Tettevi, Edward J ^b   Churcher, Thomas S ^a   Asiedu, Odame ^c   Biritwum, Nana Kwadwo ^c   Basáñez, María Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; ONCHOCERCIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; GHANA; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884696199     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002452     Document Type: Article

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