Onchocerciasis control in Uganda.
In 1990 a community-based programme of onchocerciasis control, involving the use of ivermectin, was introduced in Uganda. The problems confronting it are discussed and suggestions are made for making it sustainable.
Ndyomugyenyi
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Vector Control Division, Kampala, Uganda.
D000818:Animals; D005369:Filaricides / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology
D005369:Filaricides; D007559:Ivermectin