Weekly epidemiological record
2 October 2020
No 40, 2019, 484-487
Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: advances towards transmission suppression in parts of the Yanomami focus area
Contains news of suspected interruption of onchocerciasis transmission in the Yanomami focus area and a report from the 29th InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) held in Brasilia in November 2019 with the theme of “Brazil approaching the elimination of onchocerciasis.” (WHO, 2020)
This report is provided in English and French.
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