Article covering the role national onchocerciasis elimination committees (NOECs) play in helping ministries of health complete the pathway to successful verification of elimination of
This paper discusses some of the important issues that programmes are grappling with as they transition to elimination and provides some potential approaches that
Published in Parasites and Vectors: Economic evaluations of lymphatic filariasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs Abstract In 2000, the World Health Organization established
Integrated rapid mapping of onchocerciasis and loiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Impact on control strategies. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X10001695
The Mectizan Donation Program is pleased to share a recently published paper titled: “A Success Story: Togo is Moving Toward Becoming the First Sub-Saharan
We are pleased to share this article authored by Ken Gustavsen, Yao Sodahlon, and Simon Bush: Cross-border collaboration for neglected tropical disease efforts: lessons
This report describes the aims, phases, and methodology of Post-Treatment Surveillance as operationalized by the endemic countries and the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the
Abstract on the first 8 years of The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis. Hooper et al, Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, Volume 103, 2009 –
Abstract on progress made in preventing the disability of lymphatic filariasis, the monitoring and evaluation of such disability and its control, and the integration
Abstract addressing the central role that filariasis patients have played in the Tanzania Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme to date, and covering some of the clinical
Abstract on the unique private-sector collaboration of the pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A.,* to support the global efforts to
Abstract on the integration of mass drug administrations against multiple NTDs. Hopkins, Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, Volume 103, 2009 – Issue sup1.
Article on a symposium held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the donation of Mectizan® and albendazole for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis. Hopkins
Abstract on the partnership launched in 1999 between the World Health Organization’s Programme for the Prevention of Blindness and Deafness and the International Agency
Abstract on the role of the World Bank in supporting the global partnership dedicated to the control of onchocerciasis. Bangoura, Annals of Tropical Medicine and
Abstract on the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA). Sauerbrey, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2008 Sep; 102 Suppl 1:25-9. 2008.
