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Community perspectives on persistent transmission of lymphatic filariasis in three hotspot districts in Ghana after 15 rounds of mass drug administration: a qualitative assessment

BACKGROUND: The Global Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) started operation in 2000 and aimed at eliminating the disease by the year 2020, following 5–6 rounds of effective annual Mass Drug Administration (MDA). The MDA programme took off in Ghana in 2001 and has interrupted...

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Autores principales: Ahorlu, Collins S. K., Koka, Eric, Adu-Amankwah, Susan, Otchere, Joseph, de Souza, Dziedzom Komi
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/PMC5809858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29433461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5157-7