Onchocerciasis and non-communicable diseases in the Bafut Health District, Cameroon: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards community-directed treatment with ivermectin

• Irene U. Ajonina-Ekoti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon, McGadi Education and Research Initiative, Buea, Cameroon, TOZARD Laboratory, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Promise A. Aghaeze,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Joan Ebanga,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Theophilus A. Ekoti,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations McGadi Education and Research Initiative, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Tiburce Gangue,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Beri A. Gariba,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Northwest Regional Delegation of Public Health, Bamenda, Cameroon

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• Moses A. Mbanwi,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation District Health Service, Bafut, Cameroon

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• Adolph A. Fozao,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation District Health Service, Bafut, Cameroon

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• Carine K. Nfor,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation McGadi Education and Research Initiative, Buea, Cameroon

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• Mbunkah D. Achukwi,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation TOZARD Laboratory, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Marcelus U. Ajonina

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: majonin@gmail.com

  Affiliations McGadi Education and Research Initiative, Buea, Cameroon, Graduate School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, St Louis University Institute, Douala, Cameroon, Department of Public Health, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon, School of Health Sciences, Charisma University, Billings, Montana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0847-9928

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