The feasibility of eliminating podoconiosis;Possibilité d’éradication de la podoconiose;La viabilidad de la eliminación de la podoconiosis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 712-718

  Deribe, Kebede ^a   Wanji, Samuel ^b   Shafi, Oumer ^c   Tukahebwa, Edrida M ^d   Umulisa, Irenee ^e   Molyneux, David H ^f   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; DISABILITY; DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MINERAL; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL PLANNING; POVERTY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SYMPTOM; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PODOCONIOSIS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84943191425     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.150276     Document Type: Article

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