Evaluation of ivermectin distribution in Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo: Estimation of coverage of treatment and operational aspects of the distribution system

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-305

  Biritwum, R B ^a   Sylla, M ^b   Diarra, T ^c   Amankwa, J ^d   Brika, G P ^e   Assogba, L A ^f   Traore, M O ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^c Institut des Sciences Humaines   (Mali)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^e Ministry of Health   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Ministry of Health   (Benin)

^g Ministry of Health   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BENIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TOGO; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ANTIMALARIALS; BENIN; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; TOGO; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 85047675367     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813142     Document Type: Article

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