Community-directed distributors—The “foot soldiers” in the fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases

• Uche V. Amazigo ,

  * E-mail: amazigo4@yahoo.com

  Current address: Retired, Enugu, Nigeria

  Affiliation African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, World Health Organization, Enugu, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8699-1145

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• Stephen G. A. Leak,

  Current address: Retired, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom

  Affiliation African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, World Health Organization, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom

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• Honorat G. M. Zoure,

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2398-006X

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• Chukwu Okoronkwo,

  Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Maimouna Diop Ly,

  Affiliation African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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• Sunday Isiyaku,

  Affiliation Sightsavers, Nigeria Country Office, Kaduna, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3839-5813

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• Andy Crump,

  Affiliation Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5299-1489

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• Joseph C. Okeibunor,

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6696-8503

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• Boakye Boatin

  Current address: Retired, Accra, Ghana

  Affiliation Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa, World Health Organization, Accra, Ghana

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