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Experiences and perspectives of community health workers from implementing treatment for schistosomiasis using the community directed intervention strategy in an informal settlement in Kisumu City, western Kenya

BACKGROUND: The Community Directed Intervention (CDI) strategy has been used to conduct various health interventions in Africa, including control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Although the CDI approach has shown good results in the control of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis with res...

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Autores principales:	Odhiambo, Gladys O., Musuva, Rosemary M., Odiere, Maurice R., Mwinzi, Pauline N.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27634152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3662-0

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