Understanding the caring network of podoconiosis patients in Rwanda: a qualitative study
IntroductionGlobally, a total of almost 4 million people live with podoconiosis in 32 potentially endemic countries including Rwanda. Podoconiosis is a non-infectious geochemical disease that causes massive swelling of the lower leg and is caused by long-term exposure to red clay soil found in tropi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Tropical Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fitd.2024.1329639/full |