“Cross-border collaboration in onchocerciasis elimination in Uganda: progress, challenges and opportunities from 2008 to 2013”

BACKGROUND: Until recently onchocerciasis was prevalent in 37 out of 112 districts of Uganda with at least 3.8 million people at risk of contracting the disease, but following the launching of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) in 1996 and the adoption of an onchocerciasis eliminati...

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Autores principales: Lakwo, Thomson, Ukety, Tony, Bakajika, Didier, Tukahebwa, Edridah, Awaca, Pitchouna, Amazigo, Uche
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5801695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29409509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0333-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5801695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29409509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0333-1

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