Onchocerciasis control: Moving towards the millennium: Moving towards the millennium

David Molyneux; J. B. Davies

doi:10.1016/s0169-4758(97)00142-7

Onchocerciasis control: Moving towards the millennium: Moving towards the millennium

David Molyneux, J. B. Davies

Tropical Disease Biology

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

The recognition of onchocerciasis as a major public health problem in the savanna belts of West Africa resulted in the establishment of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP) in 1974. Control was initially based on vector control by weekly larviciding. The OCP is now in transition towards its final phase in which repeated treatment with ivermectin, a safe and effective microfilaricide, is incorporated with vector control, or in certain circumstances is used alone. Ivermectin distribution hingeing on sustainable community systems is the basis of a new programme in endemic African countries outside the OCP and in the Americas. David Molyneux and John Davies describe the latest trends and developments related to onchocerciasis control.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	418-425
Number of pages	8
Journal	Parasitology Today
Volume	13
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0169-4758(97)00142-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 1997

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