[HTML][HTML] Progress towards onchocerciasis elimination in the participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: epidemiological evaluation …

AH Tekle, HGM Zouré, M Noma, M Boussinesq… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was
created in 1995 to establish community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) in order to …

The African programme for onchocerciasis control (APOC)

U Amazigo - Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was launched in 1995,
ultimately to eliminate human onchocerciasis from the African countries in which the disease …

Is onchocerciasis elimination in Africa feasible by 2025: a perspective based on lessons learnt from the African control programmes

Y Dadzie, UV Amazigo, BA Boatin… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2018 - mednexus.org
Background: Onchocerciasis is found predominantly in Africa where large scale vector
control started in 1974. Registration and donation of ivermectin by Merck & Co in 1987 …

[HTML][HTML] Proof-of-principle of onchocerciasis elimination with ivermectin treatment in endemic foci in Africa: final results of a study in Mali and Senegal

MO Traore, MD Sarr, A Badji, Y Bissan, L Diawara… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Mass treatment with ivermectin controls onchocerciasis as a public health
problem, but it was not known if it could also interrupt transmission and eliminate the …

Onchocerciasis: shifting the target from control to elimination requires a new first-step—elimination mapping

MP Rebollo, H Zoure, K Ogoussan… - International …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The meaning of 'mapping'in relation to onchocerciasis has changed at least three times over
the past 50 years as the programmatic goals and the assessment tools have changed. With …

[图书][B] The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa: an example of effective public health management

EM Samba, World Health Organization - 1994 - apps.who.int
An analysis of the many conditions, factors, plans, policies, decisions, and never failing
support that have contributed to the striking success of the Onchocerciasis Control …

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

K Gustavsen, A Hopkins, M Sauerbrey - Parasites & Vectors, 2011 - Springer
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a blinding parasitic disease that threatens the health of
approximately 120 million people worldwide. While 99% of the population at-risk for …

[HTML][HTML] Managing the fight against onchocerciasis in Africa: APOC experience

G Fobi, L Yameogo, M Noma, Y Aholou… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Due to the socioeconomic impact of human onchocerciasis (commonly referred to as river
blindness) in West Africa, the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River Basin …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of onchocerciasis elimination with ivermectin treatment in endemic foci in Africa: first evidence from studies in Mali and Senegal

L Diawara, MO Traoré, A Badji, Y Bissan… - PLoS neglected …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Mass treatment with ivermectin is a proven strategy for controlling
onchocerciasis as a public health problem, but it is not known if it can also interrupt …

[HTML][HTML] Still mesoendemic onchocerciasis in two Cameroonian community-directed treatment with ivermectin projects despite more than 15 years of mass treatment

GR Kamga, FN Dissak-Delon, HC Nana-Djeunga… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background After more than a decade of community-directed treatment with ivermectin
(CDTI) in Centre and Littoral Regions of Cameroon, onchocerciasis endemicity was still high …