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Onchocerciasis and Non-Communicable Diseases in the Bafut Health District, Cameroon: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin
2025-09-30
infectious diseases
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BackgroundOnchocerciasis remains a public health problem in Cameroon despite years of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI). Its persistence increasingly overlaps with the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Community knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward onchocerciasis and CDTI, as well as the coexistence of chronic NCDs, may influence the success of elimination programs. MethodologyA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted between April and ...
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