While the 2016 WHO guidelines for stopping mass drug administration (MDA) and verifying
elimination of human onchocerciasis have provided important guidance to countries in …

Despite the release of the 2016 WHO guidelines for stopping mass drug administration and
verification of the elimination of human onchocerciasis, many challenges remain for …

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 …

inside for print.indd Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Report of the fifth meeting of the
Onchocerciasis Technical Advisory Subgroup: virtual meeting, 9–10 December 2021 ISBN …

Background: Onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by the filarial worm species
Onchocerca volvulus, is a serious vector-borne neglected tropical disease (NTD) of public …

Thirty years ago, the concept that onchocerciasis could be eliminated worldwide was
unthinkable. Today, we're on the road to seeing the end of this debilitating disease. Thanks …

Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress report, 2019–2020 Élimination de l’onchocercose
humaine: rapport de situation Page 1 545 Elimination of human onchocerciasis: progress …

A measurement is only as precise as the ruler. So too in public health is our ability to detect
disease or its absence only as accurate as the diagnostic tool. This tension between a public …

This document provides a summary of the evidence to support the task of the WHO guideline
panel in updating the guideline “Verification of elimination of human onchocerciasis: criteria …

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) …