Journal article discussing the concept that all areas where the worm that causes onchocerciasis might currently be transmitted—and where mass drug administration (MDA) with
Joni Lawrence, Yao K Sodahlon International Health, Volume 10, Issue suppl_1, March 2018, Pages i1–i2, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx070 The purpose of this publication is to provide proof of
Article discussing reducing the cost of the test and not treat (TaNT) strategy with a smaller team (three people) selected within affected communities. International Health,
This article addresses elimination of onchocerciasis transmission in the Americas. With four of the six originally endemic American countries now WHO verified as having
Report regarding the status of onchocerciasis transmission in black flies as assessed in five countries in Africa. International Health, Volume 10, Issue suppl_1, 1 March
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
