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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Hugo C Turner (लेखक), Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana (लेखक), Martin Walker (लेखक), Edward J Tettevi (लेखक), Thomas S Churcher (लेखक), Odame Asiedu (लेखक), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (लेखक), María-Gloria Basáñez (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...