Untreated villages and factors associated with the absence of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) in DRC | Zendy

Jean-Claude Makenga Bof | Zendy; Fortunat Ntumba Tshitoka | Zendy; Dieudonné Mpunga Mukendi | Zendy; Paul Mansiangi Mankadi | Zendy; Félicien Ilunga - Ilunga | Zendy; Yves Coppieters | Zendy

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Untreated villages and factors associated with the absence of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) in DRC

Author(s) -

Jean-Claude Makenga Bof,

Fortunat Ntumba Tshitoka,

Dieudonné Mpunga Mukendi,

Paul Mansiangi Mankadi,

Félicien Ilunga - Ilunga,

Yves Coppieters

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9881

Subject(s) - onchocerciasis , ivermectin , medicine , environmental health , endemic disease , population , disease control , demography , geography , disease , veterinary medicine , immunology , sociology

The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), the main objective of which was the Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI), was closed by the end of 2015. The purpose of this study was to describe untreated villages in DRC and to assess the factors associated with the absence of CDTI in endemic villages, between 2001 and 2014.

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