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Onchocerciasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Survey of knowledge, attitude and perception in Bandundu province

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
A community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for fighting onchocerciasis was started in 2003 in the hyperendemic province of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); such initiative was supported by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis ...
Jean-Claude Makenga Bof, Dieudonne Mpunga, Emery N. Soa, Fortunat Ntumba, Didier Bakajika, Michele E. Murdoch, Yves Coppieters   +6 more
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Onchocerciasis [PDF]

BMJ, 2003
Achim, Hoerauf, Dietrich W, Büttner, Ohene, Adjei, Eric, Pearlman   +3 more
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Integration of onchocerciasis morbidity management and disability prevention services in the healthcare system in Tanzania: a call for action and recommendations

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
Onchocerciasis is among the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) responsible for dermatological, ophthalmological, and neurological manifestations. With the ongoing burden of onchocerciasis clinical manifestations, morbidity management, and disability ...
Vivian Mushi, Bruno P. Mmbando, Robert Colebunders   +2 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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Investigation of an onchocerciasis educational intervention for improving knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices among endemic communities in Ghana

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
BackgroundDespite substantial efforts to eliminate onchocerciasis, the disease remains a significant public health problem in endemic communities in Ghana.
Jamila Taffe, Ekbal Djibril, Sandra Abankwa Kwarteng, Michelle Addae-Kumi, Patrick Obuam, Ernest Ampon, Sarah Franklin, Eric Laarison Bawah, Pauline E Jolly   +8 more
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Factors associated with Onchocerca volvulus transmission after 20 years of community treatment with ivermectin in savanah and forest areas in Central African Republic: A Cross Sectional Study.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Central African Republic has endemic onchocerciasis in 20 health districts in savannah and forest areas. The country organised a mass distribution campaign of invermectin in 2023 through the National Onchocerciasis Control Programme.
Sylvain Honoré Woromogo, Stéphanie Inesse Garoua-Adjou, Ange Donatien Ngouyombo, Rodrigue Herman Doyama-Woza, Henri Saint Calvaire Diemer, Jean de Dieu Longo   +5 more
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Evidence for Suppression of Onchocerciasis Transmission in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Onchocerciasis or "river blindness" is a chronic parasitic neglected tropical disease which is endemic both in mainland and insular Equatorial Guinea. We aim to estimate the current epidemiological situation of onchocerciasis in Bioko Island after vector
Laura Moya, Zaida Herrador, Thuy Huong Ta-Tang, Jose Miguel Rubio, Maria Jesús Perteguer, Ana Hernandez-González, Belén García, Rufino Nguema, Justino Nguema, Policarpo Ncogo, Teresa Garate, Agustín Benito, Anacleto Sima, Pilar Aparicio   +13 more
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Onchocerciasis elimination challenges and co-endemic diseases

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
Onchocerciasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination through preventative chemotherapy, population surveillance, and post-elimination vector surveillance strategies.
Kirsten M. Yeomans, Emma Underwood, Kanika Chandra, Thomas R. Unnasch, Kristi M. Miley   +4 more
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Onchocerciasis. [PDF]

BMJ, 1968
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Epidemiological assessment of onchocerciasis in previously unmapped villages for ivermectin distribution in Fer-Fer District, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Onchocerciasis is endemic to parts of Ethiopia; however, epidemiological data are lacking in some regions. This study aimed to assess the prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of onchocerciasis in previously unmapped villages in the Fer-Fer ...
Dek Kahin Yosef, Barwaqo Saleban Awil, Ahmed Saeed Ismail, Mohamed Ahmed Hassan   +3 more
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