From River Blindness to Neglected Tropical Diseases—Lessons Learned in Africa for Programme Implementation and Expansion by the Non-governmental Partners

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Cross, Catherine ^a   Olamiju, Franca ^b   Richards, Frank ^c   Bush, Simon ^a   Hopkins, Adrian ^d   Haddad, Danny ^e  

^a SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

^b Mission to Save the Helpless (MITOSATH)   (Nigeria)

^c CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^d Mectizan Donation Programme   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG INDUSTRY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84930678874     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003506     Document Type: Article

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