학술논문
The positive influence the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas has had on Africa programs
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2019)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2049-9957
Abstract
Abstract A recent article “Is onchocerciasis elimination in Africa feasible by 2025: a perspective based on lessons learnt from the African control programmes” in Infectious Diseases of Poverty claimed that undue influence on African programs by concepts developed by the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program of the Americas (OEPA) is detrimental to stopping mass drug administration (MDA) in Africa. This claim is made despite a record year for MDA stoppage in four African countries of > 3.5 million treatments in 2018, far exceeding any past OEPA or African Program for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) stop MDA success.