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Community-directed distributors—The “foot soldiers” in the fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect hundreds of millions of people, predominantly in rural, often difficult-to-access areas, poorly served by national health services. Here, we review the contributions of 4.8 million community-directed distributors (CDDs) of medicines over 2 decades in 146...

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Autores principales:	Amazigo, Uche V., Leak, Stephen G. A., Zoure, Honorat G. M., Okoronkwo, Chukwu, Diop Ly, Maimouna, Isiyaku, Sunday, Crump, Andy, Okeibunor, Joseph C., Boatin, Boakye
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2021
Materias:	Review
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7932156/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33661903 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009088

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