Hub Topic: Onchocerciasis

Article on eliminating onchocercias as a public health problem in Uganda. Katabarwa et al, International Health, Volume 10, Issue suppl_1, 1 March 2018, Pages

A review summarizing the progress made in identifying diagnostics that meet the specialized requirements needed to verify onchocerciasis elimination, as well as a discussion

Article on the acquisition of quality-assured (QA) data that ultimately define the absence of infection or transmission of onchocerciasis in previously endemic areas in Africa. International

This article provides an overview of the three decades of dedicated effort Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A.*has put into its donation of

This publication reviews the history of the efforts to control onchocerciasis in Yemen and the current status of the disease, and identifies the essential

The history of the control efforts and the current status of the disease are reviewed and the essential changes needed to a mass drug

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 article covers the role of the NGDO Coordination Group for the Control of Onchocerciasis. The Group was launched in 1992, and with the

This paper discusses some of the important issues that programmes are grappling with as they transition to elimination and provides some potential approaches that

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