Onchocerciasis: shifting the target from control to elimination requires a new first-step-elimination mapping.
Int Health
; 10(suppl_1): i14-i19, 2018 03 01.
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ABSTRACT
The meaning of 'mapping' in relation to onchocerciasis has changed at least three times over the past 50 years as the programmatic goals and the assessment tools have changed. With the current goal being global elimination of Onchocerca volvulus (OV), all areas where OV might currently be transmitted and where mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin treatment has not been delivered previously must now be identified by careful, detailed 'elimination mapping' as either OV endemic or not, so that appropriate programmatic targets can be established. New tools and strategies for such elimination mapping have become available, though ongoing studies must still be completed to define agreed upon optimal diagnostic evaluation units, sampling strategies and serologic tools. With detailed guidance and technical support from the World Health Organization and with implementation and financial support from their global partners, the OV-endemic countries of Africa can soon complete their elimination mapping and then continue with MDA programmes to progressively achieve the same success in OV elimination as that already achieved by the growing list of formerly OV-endemic countries in the Americas.
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Asunto principal:
Oncocercosis
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Organización Mundial de la Salud
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Erradicación de la Enfermedad
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Mapeo Geográfico
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Health
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos