40 Years of the APOC Partnership

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Roungou, Jean Baptist ^a   Yameogo, Laurent ^a   Mwikisa, Chris ^a   Boakye, Daniel A ^a   Bundy, Donald A P ^b  

^a World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN PROGRAMME ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; STAFF TRAINING; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84930644221     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003562     Document Type: Editorial

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