The development of a capacity-strengthening program to promote self-care practices among people with lymphatic filariasis-related lymphedema in the Upper West Region of Ghana

• Main Authors: Solomon Abotiba Atinbire (Author), Benjamin Marfo (Author), Bright Alomatu (Author), Collins Ahorlu (Author), Paul Saunderson (Author), Stefanie Weiland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Upper West region of Ghana is mostly made up of rural communities and is highly endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF), with a significant burden of disability due to lymphedema and hydrocele. The aim of this paper is to describe an enhanced, evidence-based cascading training...