The integrated transmission assessment survey (iTAS), a modification of the transmission assessment survey for LF, offers an opportunity to co-evaluate transmission levels of both
Weekly epidemiological record 10 October 2024 No. 41, 2025, 100, 461–467 Report from the InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) 2024 Contains information about ivermectin
Weekly epidemiological record 10 October 2025 No 41, 2025, 100, 451–468 Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, remains a major public health challenge despite decades of
Weekly Epidemiological Record 3 October 2025 No 40, 2025, 100, 439–450 This annual report from the World Health Organization provides the following information: Achievements
National Onchocerciasis Elimination Committees (NOECs) play a vital role in national neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs. The purpose of this handbook is to provide
The eighth meeting of the WHO Onchocerciasis Technical Advisory Subgroup (OTS) was held on 9–12 December 2024 in Toledo, Spain. The meeting commenced with
This ancient disease has a huge economic impact in endemic areas, including substantially reducing productivity and household welfare and increasing health-related expenditures. The World
Contains: Summary of preventive chemotherapy (PC) in 2023 WHO’s NTD medicine donation programme Establishment of the Global Coordination and Stewardship Committee (GCSC) Establishment of
Weekly epidemiological record 11 October 2024 No 41, 2024, 99, 577–590 At least 249.5 million people in 28 countries require interventions to eliminate onchocerciasis.
Weekly Epidemiological Record 4 October 2024 No 40, 2024, 99, 565–576 This annual report from the World Health Organization provides the following information: Achievements
Weekly epidemiological record 27 September 2024 No 39, 2024, 99, 545–564 Report from the InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) 2023 Contains information about ivermectin
Overview More than 150 onchocerciasis partners, including national onchocerciasis coordinators from health ministries of endemic and formerly endemic countries, national onchocerciasis elimination committee chairs,
Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030 (the NTD Road Map) sets explicit targets
Overview PC is defined as the large-scale distribution of safe, quality-assured medicines, either alone or in combination, at regular intervals, to entire population groups
Weekly epidemiological record 10 NOVEMBER 2023 No 45, 2023, 98, 567–582 Overview The second leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide is transmitted by the
Overview On 12–13 June 2023, at its Geneva headquarters, WHO convened a major symposium of neglected tropical disease (NTD) partners and stakeholders aimed at
