“Cross-border collaboration in onchocerciasis elimination in Uganda: progress, challenges and opportunities from 2008 to 2013”

“Cross-border collaboration in onchocerciasis elimination in Uganda: progress, challenges and opportunities from 2008 to 2013”

Abstract Background Until recently onchocerciasis was prevalent in 37 out of 112 districts of Uganda with at least 3.8 million people at risk of contracting the disease, but following the launching of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) in 1996 and the adoption of an onchocerciasis e...

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Main Authors: Thomson Lakwo, Tony Ukety, Didier Bakajika, Edridah Tukahebwa, Pitchouna Awaca, Uche Amazigo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Globalization and Health
Subjects:
Onchocerciasis
Cross-border
Progress
Challenges
Opportunities
DRC
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0333-1

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