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Community-based door to door census of suspected people living with epilepsy: empowering community drug distributors to improve the provision of care to rural communities in Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a severe neurological disorder with huge psychological, social, and economic consequences, including premature deaths and loss of productivity. Sub-Saharan Africa carries the highest burden of epilepsy. The management of epilepsy in Cameroon remains unsatisfactory due to poor...
Autores principales: | Kamgno, Joseph, Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules B., Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C., Esso, Lynda, Zouré, Honorat G., Mackenzie, Charles D., Boussinesq, Michel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7275343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32503495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08997-8 |
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