A collection of scientific and informational articles on the impact of Merck’s drug Mectizan (ivermectin) on onchocerciasis (known commonly as river blindness). Annals of
African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: progress report, 2014–2015. Weekly Epidemiological Record. WHO, 2015 Overview Human onchocerciasis caused by the filarial parasitic nematode Onchocerca volvulus is
The WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control Final Evaluation Report October 2015 Click the blue button below to download the document. Table of Contents
Please join The Mectizan Donation Program in congratulating the government of Mexico on the elimination of transmission of river blindness. Congratulations also to The
For Immediate Release: 30 September 2014 Contact: Joni Lawrence, Associate Director, Communications jlawrence@mectizan.org The Mectizan Donation Program congratulates Ecuador on becoming the second country to achieve verification of
Abstract on the integration of mass drug administrations against multiple NTDs. Hopkins, Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, Volume 103, 2009 – Issue sup1.
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.
Abstract on the establishment of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa. Boatin, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2008 Sep; 102 Suppl 1: 13-7.
Abstract on the involvement of the NGDO network in onchocerciasis control. Haddad, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2008 Sep; 102 Suppl 1:35-8. 2008.
Abstract on the Mectizan® Donation Program (MDP), which was launched in 1987 by Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A.* Thylefors, Annals of Tropical Medicine and
Abstract on The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), which was launched in 1995 for the ultimate purpose of eliminating human onchocerciasis from the
Abstract on The Special Intervention Zones (SIZ) of the former Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP), which were launched in December 2002, following the closure of
Abstract on the efforts and progress of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control and the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas against human onchocerciasis.
Article addressing the creation of the methods and tools needed to deliver ivermectin and the evolution and development of distribution programmes. Burnham et al, Tropical Medicine
