… program to distribute ivermectin. However, in 1991 the first regional Inter-American Conference
on Onchocerciasis … been made by OEPA where onchocerciasis transmission has been …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… commercial and is now discontinued (BIOLINE Onchocerciasis IgG4 ELISA, Abbott), one …
one was developed by the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) [32]. …

… Its goal was to control onchocerciasis as a public health problem using vector control. In
1993, the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) was launched with the …

… In the OEPA countries, smaller foci have enabled very detailed ophthalmological,
parasitological… A target was set to eliminate onchocerciasis by 2012 in the Americas. In Africa, the …

… The Mexican trachoma program operated for over 10 years … the Onchocerciasis Elimination
Program in the Americas (OEPA… of the OEPA strategy for onchocerciasis elimination in Mexico…

… in the Americas, in Uganda, in Sudan and elsewhere, followed by onchocerciasis eliminations…
The current state and future perspectives for control, elimination and eradication within the …

… Americas and in the aforementioned countries is referred to as the Onchocerciasis Elimination
Program of the Americas (OEPA… in the United States of America, Cameroon and Kenya …

… in Africa including Ghana, in Yemen, and in small foci in six Latin American countries [2]. …
lymphatic filariasis elimination programme was combined with the onchocerciasis programme, …