ONCHOCERCIASIS AND CHAGAS-DISEASE CONTROL - THE EVOLUTION OF CONTROL VIA APPLIED-RESEARCH THROUGH CHANGING DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS

Authors
MOLYNEUX DH MOREL C
Citation
Dh. Molyneux et C. Morel, ONCHOCERCIASIS AND CHAGAS-DISEASE CONTROL - THE EVOLUTION OF CONTROL VIA APPLIED-RESEARCH THROUGH CHANGING DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS, British Medical Bulletin, 54(2), 1998, pp. 327-339
Citations number
61
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British Medical Bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071420
Volume
54
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
327 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1420(1998)54:2<327:OACC-T>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
This paper addresses the development of control strategies of two diff erent parasitic diseases and identifies commonalities which have contr ibuted to the success of regional intercountry programmes of onchocerc iasis control in Africa, the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP), a nd the new African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)(1-3) an d the Chagas' Disease Control Programme in the southern cone of South America(4).