… onchocerciasis is in Africa. This scoping review examines the key challenges related to the
elimination of onchocerciasis … overcome the challenges and accelerate disease elimination. …

… As most programs transition from control to verification of elimination, one of their main
challenges is how their diagnostic needs will change. Verifying suppression and interruption of …

… have since been caught in the main focus or two secondary foci … challenge is the question
of the number of annual ivermectin treatments that will be required to eliminate onchocerciasis …

… as a public health problem, the main question was if, and when, … elimination programme.
As endemic countries establish their health targets for the future, onchocerciasis elimination …

… Inc.), a safe and highly potent microfilaricidal drug, has assumed a major role in the efforts
to control or eliminate onchocerciasis. In the 14 years since Merck established the Mectizan …

… Endemic areas that involve national or local borders present an important challenge to
the success of elimination of onchocerciasis; such cross-border endemic foci require special …

… The main difference between these programs and the African Programme for … , political
instability, insecurity, cross border challenges, and waning political and financial support that are …

… encounters significantly greater challenges: endemicity in 31 … achieved its objective of
eliminating onchocerciasis as a public … onchocerciasis elimination (including hypoendemic areas). …

… We focus here on the current status of chemotherapy and the fundamental challenges to
developing new treatments, discussing the biological and logistic problems presented by this …

… -endemic countries of Africa can soon complete their elimination mapping challenges
and … success in onchocerciasis elimination as the growing list of formerly onchocerciasis-endemic …