Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control in Niger: cost effectiveness of school based and community distributed mass drug administration [corrected].

BACKGROUND: In 2004 Niger established a large scale schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths control programme targeting children aged 5-14 years and adults. In two years 4.3 million treatments were delivered in 40 districts using school based and community distribution. METHOD AND FINDINGS: F...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Leslie, Amadou Garba, Elisa Bosque Oliva, Arouna Barkire, Amadou Aboubacar Tinni, Ali Djibo, Idrissa Mounkaila, Alan Fenwick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3191121?pdf=render