The Contributions of Onchocerciasis Control and Elimination Programs toward the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Dunn, Caitlin ^a,b   Callahan, Kelly ^a   Katabarwa, Moses ^a   Richards, Frank ^a   Hopkins, Donald ^a   Withers, P Craig ^a   Buyon, Lucas E ^a,c   McFarland, Deborah ^b  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ACHIEVEMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH; MOTIVATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POVERTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UNITED NATIONS;

ACHIEVEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOALS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POVERTY; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84930632995     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003703     Document Type: Review

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