Thirty years ago, the concept that onchocerciasis could be eliminated worldwide was
unthinkable. Today, we're on the road to seeing the end of this debilitating disease. Thanks …

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

The objective of the article was to report the mass drug administration to control and
eliminate human onchocerciasis. The original WHO NTD roadmap specified elimination of …

Over the last 30 years a large international partnership has successfully attacked
onchocerciasis. This partnership has defeated the disease in 10 of the 11 countries in West …

To achieve the elimination of onchocerciasis transmission in all African countries will entail
enormous challenges, as has been highlighted by the active discussion around …

Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a blinding parasitic disease that threatens the health of
approximately 120 million people worldwide. While 99% of the population at-risk for …

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 …

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

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 …

Background Until recently onchocerciasis was prevalent in 37 out of 112 districts of Uganda
with at least 3.8 million people at risk of contracting the disease, but following the launching …