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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 94, 2000 - Issue 5
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In rural Ugandan communities the traditional kinship/clan system is vital to the success and sustainment of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control

N. M. KatabarwaCarter Center, Global 2000 River Blindness Program, P.O. Box 12027, Kampala, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected]
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F. O. Richards JrGlobal 2000 River Blindness Program, Carter Center, One Copenhill, Atlanta, GA30307, U.S.A.
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R. NdyomugyenyiMinistry of Health, P.O. Box 1661, Kampala, Uganda
Pages 485-495 | Received 05 Apr 2000, Accepted 08 May 2000, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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