Increasing teacher motivation and supervision is an important but not sufficient strategy for improving praziquantel uptake in Schistosoma mansoni control programs

Institut for Veterinær- og Husdyrvidenskab

Increasing teacher motivation and supervision is an important but not sufficient strategy for improving praziquantel uptake in Schistosoma mansoni control programs: serial cross sectional surveys in Uganda

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Simon Muhumuza
Anne Katahoire
Fred Nuwaha
Annette Olsen

Realization of the public health benefits of mass drug administration (MDA) for the control of schistosomiasis depends on achieving and maintaining high annual treatment coverage. In Uganda, the uptake of preventive treatment for schistosomiasis among school-age children in 2011 was only 28%. Strategies are needed to increase uptake.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	590
Tidsskrift	B M C Infectious Diseases
Vol/bind	13
Antal sider	8
ISSN	1471-2334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-590
Status	Udgivet - 2013

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