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Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) Data Portal
The Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) Data Portal provides access to data from the WHO’s PCT Databank for 4 key indicators (Population Requiring Preventive Chemotherapy (PCT), Population Receiving PCT, Coverage, and Comparative Performance) across the 5 PCT NTDs (Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminths, and Trachoma).
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The Life Cycle of River Blindness (Espanol)
Oncocercosis: Fases en la mosca negra / Fases in humanos (En Espanol). Graphic: Al Granberg / The Carter Center. Source: CDC.
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The Life Cycle of River Blindness (English)
The Life Cycle of River Blindness. Graphic: Al Granberg / The Carter Center. Source: CDC.
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River Blindness Life Cycle
River Blindness Life Cycle. Sources: WHO/ CDC; Map:The Carter Center.
Videos
Series “For As Long As It’s Needed” Video 4: Community Approach
Fourth in a series of five documentary videos exploring the history and impact of the Mectizan Donation Program.
Resources and Tools
Preventive Chemotherapy Databank
The PCT Databank presents historical data as reported to WHO. This tool is designed to empower users to leverage their familiarity with Excel and the simplicity of the Global Health Observatory (GHO) to rapidly construct summaries that can be shared as they are viewed.
Resources and Tools
Global Health Observatory Map Gallery
WHO Global Health Observatory Map Gallery: searchable database of maps illustrating burden of disease.
Sample recent map (posted May 17, 2018): World: IHR monitoring framework: IHR radionuclear core capacity implementation status, 2017
Videos
Series “For As Long As It’s Needed” Video 5: Current Statistics
Fifth and final in a series of five documentary videos exploring the history and impact of the Mectizan Donation Program.
News
Measuring up to a billion treatments: Sightsavers and partners have reached a historic milestone in the fight against neglected tropical diseases
12 April 2018
Enjoy this article on the billionth treatment for river blindness and lymphatic filariasis provided by Sightsavers and partners.
News
Faces of River Blindness: Kisanchi Village. Carter Center Slideshow
23 March 2018
The Carter Center and partners are working with Nigeria’s Ministry of Health to eliminate river blindness in nine of the country’s states, including Plateau, where Kisanchi is located.
Scientific Publication
Cross-border issues: an important component of onchocerciasis elimination programmes
Article on the importance of cross-border issues in onchocerciasis elimination programmes. Bush, Sodahlon, Downs and Mackenzie, International Health, Volume 10, Issue suppl_1, 1 March 2018, Pages i54–i59.Scientific Publication
Alternative treatment strategies to accelerate the elimination of onchocerciasis
Article on the use of alternative (or complementary) treatment strategies (ATSs) to accelerate the elimination of onchocerciasis. Boussinesq et al., International Health, Volume 10, Issue suppl_1, 1 March 2018, Pages i40–i48.
Scientific Publication
After 70 years of fighting an age-old scourge, onchocerciasis in Uganda, the end is in sight
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 i79–i88.
Scientific Publication
Diagnostics for onchocerciasis in the era of elimination
A review summarizing the progress made in identifying diagnostics that meet the specialized requirements needed to verify onchocerciasis elimination, as well as a discussion of why these tests were selected and a summary of the needs that still exist to complete the arsenal of diagnostic tools that will be useful as the goal of elimination is achieved.
Scientific Publication
Establishing quality assured (QA) laboratory support for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa
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.Scientific Publication
For as Long as Necessary: Examining 30 years of MSD’s Focus on Achieving Elimination of Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis
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 Mectizan to assist in achieving the elimination of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis.
Scientific Publication
Onchocerciasis in Yemen: moving forward towards an elimination program
This publication reviews the history of the efforts to control onchocerciasis in Yemen and the current status of the disease, and identifies the essential changes needed to a mass drug administration (MDA) approach as the national program addresses elimination.