The onchocerciasis elimination program for the Americas (OEPA)

M Sauerbrey - Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… foci in the Americas by 2012. The protocol, criteria and deadline for stopping all
onchocerciasis treatment in the region should soon be addressed by OEPA’s Program Co-ordinating …

[PDF][PDF] The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas: a history of partnership

J Blanks, F Richards, F Beltran… - … de Salud Pública, 1998 - SciELO Public Health
… dedicated to the use of ivermectin to completely eliminate onchocerciasis as a public health
… to be known as the OEPA, the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas. The …

[HTML][HTML] Progress toward elimination of onchocerciasis in the Americas—1993–2012

N onchocerciasis elimination programs of … - … and Mortality Weekly …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OEPA * was launched in response to a 1991 PAHO resolution that called for … elimination
of onchocerciasis morbidity from the Americas by 2007 (5). In 2008, based on significant OEPA

Progress toward elimination of onchocerciasis in the Americas

M Sauerbrey, LJ Rakers, FO Richards - International health, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) is a … Americas, eliminating
transmission in 11 of 13 foci. The OEPA’s success has had a great influence on programs

[HTML][HTML] Onchocerciasis in the Americas: from arrival to (near) elimination

K Gustavsen, A Hopkins, M Sauerbrey - Parasites & Vectors, 2011 - Springer
… In the Americas, the effort to eliminate onchocerciasis is carried out … the Onchocerciasis
Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA). Led and supported by the Carter Center, OEPA - …

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

E Cupp, M Sauerbrey, V Cama… - Infectious …, 2019 - idpjournal.biomedcentral.com
… 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

[HTML][HTML] 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) …

[PDF][PDF] Onchocerciasis (river blindness): Report from the fourteenth InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2005 - apps.who.int
… The Onchocerciasis Elimination Pro gram for the Americas (OEPA) is a regional initiative with
the goals of eliminating ocular morbidity from onchocerciasis and … The OEPA strategy is to …

[PDF][PDF] Elimination of onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: Ecuador's progress towards verification of elimination

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2014 - apps.who.int
… In the Americas, the infection was formerly prevalent in 13 … Onchocerciasis Elimination
Program for the Americas (OEPA) is a regional partnership whose goal (under the Pan American

Progress towards eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: verification by WHO of elimination of transmission in Colombia

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2013 - apps.who.int
… comité d’orientation technique de l’OEPA (Comité de coordination du Programme PCC)
ait conclu que l’onchocercose avait été éliminée. Cette demande était accompagnée d’un …