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Control of onchocerciasis today: status and challenges by Richards, Frank O, Boatin, Boakye, Sauerbrey, Mauricio, Sékétéli, Azodoga

“…The filarid parasite Onchocerca volvulus is the causative agent of human onchocerciasis (river blindness), an infection characterized by chronic skin and eye…”
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The elimination of the onchocerciasis vector from the island of Bioko as a result of larviciding by the WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control by Traoré, S., Wilson, M.D., Sima, A., Barro, T., Diallo, A., Aké, A., Coulibaly, S., Cheke, R.A., Meyer, R.R.F., Mas, J., McCall, P.J., Post, R.J., Zouré, H., Noma, M., Yaméogo, L., Sékétéli, A.V., Amazigo, U.V.

“…The island of Bioko is part of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and is the only island in the World to have endemic onchocerciasis. The disease is…”
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The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: impact on onchocercal skin disease by Ozoh, G. A., Murdoch, M. E., Bissek, A‐C., Hagan, M., Ogbuagu, K., Shamad, M., Braide, E. I., Boussinesq, M., Noma, M. M., Murdoch, I. E., Sékétéli, A., Amazigo, U. V.

“…Summary Objectives  To assess the long‐term impact of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control on itching and onchocercal skin disease (OSD). Methods …”
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African Program for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC): Onchocerca volvulus transmission by Simulium damnosum s. l. in two regions of the Central African Republic by Enyong, P, Traoré, S, Louango, E, Fobi, G, Noma, M, Yaméogo, L, Kayembé, D, Sékétéli, A

“…Entomological baseline data were collected in the villages of Zinga and Boali-Falls in Central African Republic (CAR) in view of the long term impact…”
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A multi-centre study of community-directed ivermectin distributors' (CDDs') involvement in other healthcare and development programme activities in Cameroon, Togo, Sudan, Nigeria and Uganda by Sama, M T, Homeida, M, Ngang, P, Liese, B H, Amazigo, U, Seketeli, A

“…A multi-centre study to determine whether community-directed distributors (CDDs) are capable of carrying out additional healthcare and developmental activities…”
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Patterns of epidemiology and control of onchocerciasis in west Africa by Boatin, B, Molyneux, D H, Hougard, J M, Christensen, O W, Alley, E S, Yameogo, L, Seketeli, A, Dadzie, K Y

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Performance of predictors: Evaluating sustainability in community-directed treatment projects of the African programme for onchocerciasis control by Amazigo, Uche, Okeibunor, Joseph, Matovu, Victoria, Zouré, Honorat, Bump, Jesse, Seketeli, Azodoga

“…The predictors of sustainability of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) at four implementation levels were evaluated in 41 African Programme…”
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Rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO): its application by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) by NOMA, M., NWOKE, B. E. B., NUTALL, I., TAMBALA, P. A., ENYONG, P., NAMSENMO, A., REMME, J., AMAZIGO, U. V., KALE, O. O., SÉKÉTÉLI, A.

“…One of the fundamental challenges that the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has had to face is how to identify the endemic communities where…”
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Partnership and promise: evolution of the African river-blindness campaigns by BENTON, B., BUMP, J., SÉKÉTÉLI, A., LIESE, B.

“…This article describes the evolution of the partnership, between various health and developmental agencies, that has sustained the campaign against river…”
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Prevalence and distribution of ocular onchocerciasis in three ecological zones in Nigeria by Umeh, R E, Mahmoud, A O, Hagan, M, Wilson, M, Okoye, O I, Asana, U, Biritwum, R, Ogbu-Pearce, P, Elhassan, E, Yaméogo, L, Braideo, E I, Seketeli, A

“…The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) sponsored a baseline study in Nigeria between 1998 and 1999 on the prevalence and distribution of…”
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The achievements and challenges of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) by SÉKÉTÉLI, A., ADEOYE, G., EYAMBA, A., NNORUKA, E., DRAMEH, P., AMAZIGO, U. V., NOMA, M., AGBOTON, F., AHOLOU, Y., KALE, O. O., DADZIE, K. Y.

“…The main strategy of APOC, of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI), has enabled the programme to reach, empower and bring relief to remote and…”
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The challenges of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) within the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) by AMAZIGO, U. V., BRIEGER, W. R., KATABARWA, M., AKOGUN, O., NTEP, M., BOATIN, B., N'DOYO, J., NOMA, M., SÉKÉTÉLI, A.

“…The principal strategy adopted by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), for the control of onchocerciasis in the 19 countries of Africa that…”
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APOC's strategy of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) and its potential for providing additional health services to the poorest populations by HOMEIDA, M., BRAIDE, E., ELHASSAN, E., AMAZIGO, U. V., LIESE, B., BENTON, B., NOMA, M., ETYA'ALÉ, D., DADZIE, K. Y., KALE, O. O., SÉKÉTÉLI, A.

“…Since its inauguration in 1995, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has made significant progress towards achieving its main objective: to…”
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Ivermectin improves the skin condition and self-esteem of females with onchocerciasis: a report of two cases by Amazigo, U.V., Nnoruka, E., Maduka, C., Bump, J., Benton, B., Sékétéli, A.

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Gender issues in the community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) by CLEMMONS, L., AMAZIGO, U. V., BISSEK, A.-C., NOMA, M., OYENE, U., EKPO, U., MSUYA-MPANJU, J., KATENGA, S., SÉKÉTÉLI, A.

“…This paper reviews the issues relating to compliance and participation among the men and women of three countries within the remit of the African Programme for…”
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Delivery systems and cost recovery in Mectizan treatment for onchocerciasis by Amazigo, U., Noma, M., Boatin, B. A., Etya'alé, D. E., Sékétéli, A., Dadzie, K. Y.

“…The efficiency of on-going delivery systems and cost recovery in Mectizan (ivermectin, MSD) treatment for onchocerciasis are reviewed. The search is on for an…”
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The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: impact on onchocercal skin diseaseLe Programme Africain de Lutte Contre l'Onchocercose: impact sur la maladie cutanee onchocerquienneEl Programa Africano para el Control de la Oncocercosis (APOC): impacto sobre la enfermedad cutanea de la oncocercosis by Ozoh, G A, Murdoch, ME, Bissek, A-C, Hagan, M, Ogbuagu, K, Shamad, M, Braide, E I, Boussinesq, M, Noma, M M, Murdoch, I E, Seketeli, A, Amazigo, U V

“…Objectives To assess the long-term impact of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control on itching and onchocercal skin disease (OSD). Methods Seven…”
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The impact of Mectizan on the transmission of onchocerciasis by Boatin, B. A., Hougard, J.-M., Alley, E. S., Akpoboua, L. K. B., Yaméogo, L., Dembélé, N., Sékétéli, A., Dadzie, K. Y.

“…For many years there was no suitable drug available for the control of onchocerciasis. The advent of Mectizan (ivermectin, MSD; an effective microfilaricide),…”
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Progress in Controlling the Reinvasion of Windborne Vectors into the Western Area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa [and Discussion] by Baker, R. H. A., Guillet, P., Seketeli, A., Poudiougo, P., Boakye, D., Wilson, M. D., Bissan, Y., Garms, R., Cheke, R. A., Sachs, R., Davies, J. B., Howe, M. A., Lehane, M. J., Millest, A. L.

“…Since vector control began in 1975, waves of Simulium sirbanum and S. damnosum s.str., the principal vectors of severe blinding onchocerciasis in the West…”
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Twenty-two years of blackfly control in the onchocerciasis control programme in West Africa by Hougard, J-M., Yaméogo, L., Sékétéli, A., Boatin, B., Dadzie, K.Y.

“…Twenty-two years after the launch of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP), Jean-Marc Hougard and colleagues critically review the…”
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