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The development of a capacity-strengthening program to promote self-care practices among people with lymphatic filariasis-related lymphedema in the Upper West Region of Ghana

BACKGROUND: The Upper West region of Ghana is mostly made up of rural communities and is highly endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF), with a significant burden of disability due to lymphedema and hydrocele. The aim of this paper is to describe an enhanced, evidence-based cascading training program...

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Autores principales:	Atinbire, Solomon Abotiba, Marfo, Benjamin, Alomatu, Bright, Ahorlu, Collins, Saunderson, Paul, Weiland, Stefanie
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8103668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33962684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00846-z

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