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Onchocerciasis control in Uganda
1Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda.
World Health Forum
|July 4, 1998
Abstract:
In 1990 a community-based programme of onchocerciasis control, involving the use of ivermectin, was introduced in Uganda. The problems confronting it are discussed and suggestions are made for making it sustainable.
Keywords:
AfricaAfrica South Of The SaharaCommunity-based DistributionDeveloping CountriesDiseasesDistributional ActivitiesDrugsEastern AfricaEnglish Speaking AfricaNonclinical DistributionObstaclesOnchocerciasis--prevention and controlOrganization And AdministrationParasitic DiseasesProgram ActivitiesProgramsTreatmentUganda