[HTML][HTML] The interruption of transmission of human onchocerciasis by an annual mass drug administration program in Plateau and Nasarawa States, Nigeria

FO Richards Jr, A Eigege, J Umaru… - The American journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plateau and Nasarawa states in central Nigeria were endemic for onchocerciasis. The rural
populations of these two states received annual ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) …

Status of Onchocerciasis transmission after more than a decade of mass drug administration for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis elimination in central Nigeria …

DS Evans, K Alphonsus, J Umaru… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background This study was undertaken in five onchocerciasis/lymphatic filariasis (LF) co-
endemic local government areas (LGAs) in Plateau and Nasarawa, Nigeria. Annual MDA …

[HTML][HTML] The first confirmed elimination of an onchocerciasis focus in Africa: Abu Hamed, Sudan

IMA Zarroug, K Hashim, WA ElMubark… - The American journal …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mass treatment with ivermectin for onchocerciasis was stopped in 2012 in Abu Hamed, an
isolated focus on the River Nile in northern Sudan. A 3-year posttreatment surveillance …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of treatment coverage and enhanced mass drug administration for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis in five local government areas treating …

E Griswold, A Eigege, C Ityonzughul… - The American journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The western region of Edo state in southern Nigeria is highly endemic for onchocerciasis.
Despite years of mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin (IVM), reports suggest …

Seroprevalence of onchocerciasis in Ogun State, Nigeria after ten years of mass drug administration with ivermectin

OA Surakat, SO Sam-Wobo… - … African Journal of …, 2018 - journals.co.za
Background: This serological study conducted between March and July 2015 investigated
the status of onchocerciasis in Ogun State, Nigeria after a decade of mass drug …

Factors influencing community acceptability of mass drug administration for the elimination of onchocerciasis in the Asante Akim South Municipal, Ghana

E Kumah, P Owusu, G Otchere… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Onchocerciasis is one of the eleven neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) recently
targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination. Mass drug administration …

Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Kaduna State, Nigeria: first evidence of the potential for elimination in the operational area of the …

AH Tekle, E Elhassan, S Isiyaku, UV Amazigo… - Parasites & vectors, 2012 - Springer
Background Onchocerciasis can be effectively controlled as a public health problem by
annual mass drug administration of ivermectin, but it was not known if ivermectin treatment …

Interruption of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Kashoya-Kitomi focus, western Uganda by long-term ivermectin treatment and elimination of the vector …

T Lakwo, R Garms, J Wamani, EM Tukahebwa… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Uganda is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa whose onchocerciasis elimination
programme extensively uses vector control and biannual treatment with ivermectin. The …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission of onchocerciasis in Wadelai focus of northwestern Uganda has been interrupted and the disease eliminated

MN Katabarwa, F Walsh, P Habomugisha… - Journal of parasitology …, 2012 - hindawi.com
Wadelai, an isolated focus for onchocerciasis in northwest Uganda, was selected for piloting
an onchocerciasis elimination strategy that was ultimately the precursor for countrywide …

Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2018-2019.

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2019 - cabdirect.org
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 …