Community Directed Treatment(ComDT) Method of Lymphatic Filariasis: A Case Study of Biu in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana - Couverture souple

Appiah-Kubi, Kwaku; Edoh, Dominic Adotei

 
9783659784545: Community Directed Treatment(ComDT) Method of Lymphatic Filariasis: A Case Study of Biu in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana
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ISBN 10 : 3659784540 ISBN 13 : 9783659784545
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is endemic in some communities in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Biu is one of the LF endemic communities in the Kassena-Nankana District which has completed 8 rounds of annual mass chemotherapy programme using a combination of ivermectin and albendazole in 2009. This study evaluated the cumulative efficacy of 7 years of Community Directed Treatment (ComDT) programmes for annual mass chemotherapy for the control of lymphatic filariasis and treatment coverage as well as people’s knowledge and perceptions on transmission, prevention and eradication of elephantiasis and hydrocoele, common manifestations of chronic lymphatic filariasis (LF) in the Biu community of the Kassena-Nankana District after the eighth ComDT in 2009.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is endemic in some communities in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Biu is one of the LF endemic communities in the Kassena-Nankana District which has completed 8 rounds of annual mass chemotherapy programme using a combination of ivermectin and albendazole in 2009. This study evaluated the cumulative efficacy of 7 years of Community Directed Treatment (ComDT) programmes for annual mass chemotherapy for the control of lymphatic filariasis and treatment coverage as well as people’s knowledge and perceptions on transmission, prevention and eradication of elephantiasis and hydrocoele, common manifestations of chronic lymphatic filariasis (LF) in the Biu community of the Kassena-Nankana District after the eighth ComDT in 2009.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kwaku Appiah-Kubi is a Lecturer in Parasitology at the Department of Applied Biology of the University for Development Studies, Navrongo, Ghana. His research interest is in virulent proteins of parasites, cell signal transductions and immunodiagnosis of parasitic diseases.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659784540
ISBN 13 
9783659784545
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
164
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