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Is onchocerciasis elimination in Africa feasible by 2025: a perspective based on lessons learnt from the African control programmes

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0446-z

Published Online: 2018-07-03

Published Print: 2018-12

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Dadzie, Yankum

Amazigo, Uche V.

Boatin, Boakye A.

Sékétéli, Azodoga
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Article History

Received: 5 February 2018

Accepted: 31 May 2018

First Online: 3 July 2018

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: Each author has been a Director of one of the two international onchocerciasis control programmes of the World Health Organization in Africa: the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP) and the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). Together these programmes covered all endemic areas in Africa and 99% of all onchocerciasis cases in the world. KYD was Director OCP from 1995 to 1999 and Director APOC a.i. from 1995 to 1999, BAB was Director OCP from 2000 till OCP’s closure in 2002, AS was Director APOC from 1999 to 2005 and UVA was Director APOC from 2005 to 2011.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.