Onchocerciasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Survey of knowledge, attitude and perception in Bandundu province

• Main Authors: Jean-Claude Makenga Bof (Author), Dieudonne Mpunga (Author), Emery N. Soa (Author), Fortunat Ntumba (Author), Didier Bakajika (Author), Michele E. Murdoch (Author), Yves Coppieters (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for fighting onchocerciasis was started in 2003 in the hyperendemic province of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); such initiative was supported by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). As the APOC stopped at the end...