Assessment of impediments affecting health systems response to neurocysticercosis in two districts (Gulu and Amuru) of Northern Uganda: A cross 
sectional study

Simon Peter Alarakol; Constantine Steven Labongo Loum; Walter Onen Yagos; Kenneth Luyramamoi

doi:10.5897/JPHE2017.0985

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Public Health and Epidemiology

Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2316
DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
Start Year: 2009
Published Articles: 655

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Assessment of impediments affecting health systems response to neurocysticercosis in two districts (Gulu and Amuru) of Northern Uganda: A cross sectional study

Simon Peter Alarakol

Simon Peter Alarakol
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.
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Constantine Steven Labongo Loum

Constantine Steven Labongo Loum
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.
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Walter Onen Yagos

Walter Onen Yagos
Medical Library, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.
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Kenneth Luyramamoi

Kenneth Luyramamoi
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.
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Article Number - B648A2356292
Vol.10(4), pp. 87-96 , April 2018
https://doi.org/10.5897/JPHE2017.0985

Received: 07 November 2017
Accepted: 27 December 2017
Published: 30 April 2018

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