Elimination of onchocerciasis in Africa by 2025: the need for a broad perspective

E Cupp, M Sauerbrey, V Cama, M Eberhard… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2019 - Springer
… the regional initiative to eliminate onchocerciasis in the Americas (OEPA) has … OEPA’s
experience have either been overlooked by the onchocerciasis control and elimination programs

The positive influence the onchocerciasis elimination program for the Americas has had on Africa programs

FO Richards, BEB Nwoke, I Zarroug… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2019 - Springer
… for Onchocerciasis Control [APOC]) recently published an … Onchocerciasis Elimination
Program of the Americas (OEPA) is… African) areas that have reached the elimination point” and (2) …

The need for evidence-based strategies and tools for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa

Y Dadzie, UV Amazigo, BA Boatin… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2019 - Springer
… may impede progress towards achieving onchocerciasis elimination in Africa by … the
Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) and describe several onchocerciasis

Onchocerciasis elimination: progress and challenges

T Lakwo, D Oguttu, T Ukety, R Post… - Research and Reports …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
program to distribute ivermectin. However, in 1991 the first regional Inter-American Conference
on Onchocerciasis … been made by OEPA where onchocerciasis transmission has been …

Onchocerciasis: Status and progress towards elimination

AD Hopkins - CABI Reviews, 2020 - cabidigitallibrary.org
… The Onchocerciasis Elimination Programme for the Americas (OEPA) differs considerably
from the African programme. … of Latin America [32]. Early on, the decision was made to try and …

[PDF][PDF] Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: advances towards transmission suppression in parts of the Yanomami focus area …

O mondiale de la Santé… - Weekly …, 2020 - apps.who.int
Americas, unified regional efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis started in 1993 with the inception
of the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA)… to the programmes of …

Onchocerciasis: Target product profiles of in vitro diagnostics to support onchocerciasis elimination mapping and mass drug administration stopping decisions

MA Biamonte, PT Cantey, YI Coulibaly… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… commercial and is now discontinued (BIOLINE Onchocerciasis IgG4 ELISA, Abbott), one …
one was developed by the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) [32]. …

Economic evaluations of onchocerciasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs

HC Turner, M Walker, SDS Pion… - Tropical medicine & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
onchocerciasis control and elimination activities … Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for
the Americas (OEPA, 2002–present): The OEPA started in 1992 in six countries of the Americas

From river blindness to river epilepsy: Implications for onchocerciasis elimination programmes

R Colebunders, JN Siewe Fodjo… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
onchocerciasis elimination programmes do not include identification and management of
onchocerciasis-… not to relent their efforts in the fight against onchocerciasis. Strengthening …

[PDF][PDF] Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: doxycycline treatment as an end-game strategy–Progrès vers l'élimination de l' …

O mondiale de la Santé… - Weekly …, 2019 - apps.who.int
… strategy of the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) has been
semi-annual ivermectin treatment of all eligible people in areas endemic for onchocerciasis. The …