Background: Onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by the filarial worm species
Onchocerca volvulus, is a serious vector-borne neglected tropical disease (NTD) of public …

Background: Onchocerciasis is found predominantly in Africa where large scale vector
control started in 1974. Registration and donation of ivermectin by Merck & Co in 1987 …

Programmes to control onchocerciasis have been ongoing for over 40 years. What was once
a devastating blinding and disabling disease, particularly in West Africa, has largely been …

The meaning of 'mapping'in relation to onchocerciasis has changed at least three times over
the past 50 years as the programmatic goals and the assessment tools have changed. With …

Onchocerciasis is a parasitic infection caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus
and transmitted through the bites of black flies of the genus Similium that breed in rivers and …

Abstract Background The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was
created in 1995 to establish community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) in order to …

Background Mass treatment with ivermectin is a proven strategy for controlling
onchocerciasis as a public health problem, but it is not known if it can also interrupt …

Large-scale control of onchocerciasis commenced over three decades ago, initially through
the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP, 1974–2002), and more …

The national onchocerciasis-control programme in Uganda successfully eliminated
Simulium neavei ss from the Itwara focus in 1997, by monthly ground spraying with larvicidal …

Onchocerciasis is a parasitic, vector borne disease caused by the filarial nematode
Onchocerca volvulus. More than 99% of the population at risk of infection live in Africa …