The Role of Nurses and Community Health Workers in Confronting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Corley, Andrew G ^a   Thornton, Clifton P ^b   Glass, Nancy E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BURULI ULCER; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NURSING CARE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; NURSE ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; NURSE'S ROLE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84991798444     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004914     Document Type: Review

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