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Does mass drug administration for the integrated treatment of neglected tropical diseases really work? Assessing evidence for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda [PDF]

, 2011
This paper was one of four papers commissioned to review the role of social sciences in NTD control by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases, which is executed by WHO and co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank ...
A Dansio-Appiah, A Fenwick, A Fenwick, B Gryseels, B Gryseels, CJ Standley, D Engels, D Yu, DH Molyneux, DH Molyneux, EP Renne, FM Fleming, G Yamey, I Harper, J Hastings, J Utzinger, JH Kolaczinski, L Manderson, M Leach, M Parker, M Parker, M Parker, M Parker, M Yahya, MA Brady, Melissa Parker, MN Katabarawa, MN Katabarwa, N Rees, NB Kabatereine, NB Kabatereine, NB Kabatereine, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Lammie, RGN Lubanga, S Brooker, S Knopp, T Allen, T Allen, T Allen, T Allen, T Allen, T Allen, Tim Allen, TL-A Tchuente, U Amazigo, World Health Organization, Y Coulibaly   +48 more
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Treatment and prevention of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas is urgently needed

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background There is increasing epidemiological evidence supporting the association between onchocerciasis and seizures, reinforcing the concept of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE).
Robert Colebunders, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Olivia Kamoen, Luís-Jorge Amaral, Amber Hadermann, Chiara Trevisan, Mark J. Taylor, Julia Gauglitz, Achim Hoerauf, Yasuaki Sato, Katja Polman, María-Gloria Basáñez, Dan Bhwana, Thomson Lakwo, Gasim Abd-Elfarag, Sébastien D. Pion   +15 more
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Adherence to ivermectin is more associated with perceptions of community directed treatment with ivermectin organization than with onchocerciasis beliefs.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundThe fight against onchocerciasis in Africa has boomed thanks to the Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) program. However, in Cameroon, after more than 15 years of mass treatment, onchocerciasis prevalence is still above the non ...
Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Guy-Roger Kamga, Perrine Claire Humblet, Annie Robert, Jacob Souopgui, Joseph Kamgno, Marie José Essi, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Isabelle Godin   +8 more
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Situation analysis of onchocerciasis in Cameroon: a protocol for systematic review of epidemiological studies and impact of disease control interventions

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Many control methods have been implemented to tackle onchocerciasis and great successes have been achieved, leading to a paradigm shift from control of morbidity to interruption of transmission and ultimately elimination.
Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, André Domche, Yannick Niamsi-Emalio, Henri C. Moungui, Martin Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Joseph Kamgno   +6 more
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Synthesising environmental, epidemiological, and genetic data to assist decision making for onchocerciasis elimination [PDF]

, 2023
Himal Shrestha, Karen McCulloch, Rebecca H. Chisholm, Samuel Armoo, Francis Vierigh, Neha Sirwani, Katie E Crawford, Mike Y. Osei‐Atweneboana, Warwick N. Grant, Shannon M. Hedtke   +9 more
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Epidemiology of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys of Cameroon: impact of more than 13 years of ivermectin

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
BackgroundA high epilepsy prevalence has been reported in several onchocerciasis-endemic villages along the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys in Cameroon, including Bilomo and Kelleng.
J. S. Siewe Fodjo, G. Tatah, E. Tabah, L. Ngarka, L. Nfor, S. Chokote, M. Mengnjo, F. Déma, Aurélien Guy Tele Sitouok, G. Nkoro, F. Ntone, A. Bissek, C. Chesnais, M. Boussinesq, R. Colebunders, Alfred K. Njamnshi   +15 more
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Health and labor productivity : the economic impact of onchocercal skin disease [PDF]

Teams from two institutions studied the economic impact of health status on productivity and income. They studied whether onchocercal skin disease caused economic damage to the labor force at a coffee plantation in southwest Ethiopia, and how much.
Aehyung Kim, Hailu, Asrat, Tandon, Ajay
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Would ivermectin for malaria control be beneficial in onchocerciasis-endemic regions?

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019
Background There is accumulating evidence supporting the use of ivermectin as a malaria control tool. Recent findings from the repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria trial demonstrated a reduced incidence of malaria in ...
Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Marina Kugler, An Hotterbeekx, Adam Hendy, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Robert Colebunders   +5 more
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Prevalence of onchocerciasis and associated clinical manifestations in selected hypoendemic communities in Ghana following long-term administration of ivermectin

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundOnchocerciasis is a neglected tropical disease which is still of immense major public health concern in several areas of Africa and the Americas. The disease manifests either as ocular or as dermal onchocerciasis with several symptoms including
K. Otabil, S. Gyasi, E. Awuah, D. Obeng-Ofori, Robert Junior Atta-Nyarko, Dominic Andoh, Beatrice Conduah, Lawrence Agbenyikey, P. Aseidu, C. Ankrah, A. Nuhu, H. Schallig   +11 more
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Mass Drug Administration and beyond: how can we strengthen health systems to deliver complex interventions to eliminate neglected tropical diseases? [PDF]

, 2015
Achieving the 2020 goals for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) requires scale-up of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) which will require long-term commitment of national and global financing partners, strengthening national capacity and, at the community ...
Adams, ER, Bockarie, MJ, Harrison, RA, Hollingsworth, T, Kelly-Hope, LA, Kovacic, V, Lehane, M, Macpherson, EE, Paine, MJI, Reimer, LJ, Torr, SJ   +10 more
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