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Cross-border collaboration for neglected tropical disease efforts—Lessons learned from onchocerciasis control and elimination in the Mano River Union (West Africa)
Diseases don’t respect borders, so efforts to control and eliminate diseases must also be flexible and adaptable enough to effectively reach the populations that live in the areas around national frontiers. Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness is a tropical disease that has historically...
Autores principales: | Gustavsen, Kenneth, Sodahlon, Yao, Bush, Simon |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994164/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27549911 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-016-0185-5 |
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