The contribution of community health workers to the control of Buruli ulcer in the Ngoantet area, Cameroon

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Vouking, Marius Zambou ^a,b   Takougang, Innocent ^b   Mbam, Léonard Mbam ^c   Mbuagbaw, Lawrence ^d   Tadenfok, Carine Nouboudem ^a   Tamo, Claire Violette ^d  

^a Burundi   (Cameroon)

^b Foundation for Health Research and Development   (Cameroon)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Cameroon; Community health workers; Mycobacterium ulcerans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84886266181     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.16.63.1407     Document Type: Article

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