Mass administration of medicines in changing contexts: Acceptability, adaptability and community directed approaches in Kaduna and Ogun States, Nigeria.
Nigeria has the highest burden of NTDs in sub-Saharan Africa. Commitments to reach the control and elimination of many Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), particularly those amenable to preventive chemotherapy (onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminths, lymphatic filariasis and tra...
Main Authors: | Oluwatosin Adekeye, Kim Ozano, Ruth Dixon, Elisabeth Osim Elhassan, Luret Lar, Elena Schmidt, Sunday Isiyaku, Okefu Okoko, Rachael Thomson, Sally Theobald, Laura Dean |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008857 |
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