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Onchocerciasis --- Onchocercose --- Onchocerciasis. --- Onchocerciases

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This World Health Organization publication focuses on the neglected tropical disease onchocerciasis, or river blindness, which affects millions in sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the epidemiology of the disease, public health responses, and the limitations of current diagnostic tools. The document highlights the need for improved diagnostics to support preventive chemotherapy and track progress towards disease elimination. It outlines the WHO's strategic goals, including expanding mass drug administration and developing novel diagnostic target product profiles. The intended audience includes public health professionals, researchers, and policymakers involved in tropical disease management.

Onchocerciasis. --- Epidemiology.

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This publication by the World Health Organization focuses on the neglected tropical disease of onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, which affects millions in sub-Saharan Africa. It details the current diagnostic tools available, their limitations, and the need for new diagnostic product profiles (TPPs) to support preventative measures. The book outlines the public health response, emphasizing the use of ivermectin for mass drug administration to control morbidity and aims for the elimination of transmission by 2030. It is intended for public health professionals, researchers, and policymakers involved in tropical diseases and health strategies. The text also emphasizes the importance of mapping endemic areas and developing better diagnostic tools.

Onchocerciasis. --- Tropical medicine.

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"The World Bank coordinated a fight against riverblindness, a parasitic tropical disease, which commenced more than forty years ago. The story of the battle has an epic scale, both in terms of geography and the number of people and organizations involved. The book provides a success story and a bureaucratic template for other global health efforts. The author worked for the World Bank and oversaw its campaign to end riverblindness"--

Onchocerciasis. --- Onchocercosis --- River blindness --- Robles' disease --- Filariasis --- Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa. --- African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control. --- Africa --- Onchocerciasis --- Disease management --- International cooperation. --- Epidemiology.

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Onchocerciasis --- Insect Control --- Insect Vectors --- prevention & control --- epidemiology --- Africa, Western.