The cost of annual versus biannual community-directed treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin: Ghana as a case study.

• Main Authors: Hugo C Turner (Author), Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana (Author), Martin Walker (Author), Edward J Tettevi (Author), Thomas S Churcher (Author), Odame Asiedu (Author), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (Author), María-Gloria Basáñez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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It has been proposed that switching from annual to biannual (twice yearly) mass community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) might improve the chances of onchocerciasis elimination in some African foci. However, historically, relatively few communities have received biannual treatments in Afr...