Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 654

Full Length Research Paper

Awareness of sleeping sickness by the populations of the Bipindi historic focus: Lessons for ownership and sustainability of control interventions

Guy R Njitchouang
  • Guy R Njitchouang
  • Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT), P. O. Box 5797, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Andre Domche
  • Andre Domche
  • Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT), P. O. Box 5797, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Laurentine Sumo
  • Laurentine Sumo
  • Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Bamenda, P. O. Box 39 Bambili, Cameroon.
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Jeanne C Sondi-Dissake
  • Jeanne C Sondi-Dissake
  • Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT), P. O. Box 5797, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Cedric G. Lenou-Nanga
  • Cedric G. Lenou-Nanga
  • Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT), P. O. Box 5797, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Alphonse Acho
  • Alphonse Acho
  • Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA), Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga
  • Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga
  • Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT), P. O. Box 5797, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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  •  Received: 12 February 2021
  •  Accepted: 17 March 2021
  •  Published: 30 April 2021

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