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Assessing Lymphatic Filariasis Data Quality in Endemic Communities in Ghana, Using the Neglected Tropical Diseases Data Quality Assessment Tool for Preventive Chemotherapy

BACKGROUND: The activities of the Global Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis have been in operation since the year 2000, with Mass Drug Administration (MDA) undertaken yearly in disease endemic communities. Information collected during MDA–such as population demographics, age, sex,...

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Autores principales:	de Souza, Dziedzom K., Yirenkyi, Eric, Otchere, Joseph, Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Ameme, Donne K., Sackey, Samuel, Ahorlu, Collins, Wilson, Michael D.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27028010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004590

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