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The global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: health impact after 8 years.
BACKGROUND: In its first 8 years, the Global Programme to Eliminate...
Direct Link | 9th October, 2008
| Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Task Force for Child Survival and
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| Transmission dynamics of Simulium damnosum in rural communities of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
| 9th October, 2008
| Department of Zoology,
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Rates of microfilarial production by Onchocerca volvulus are not cumulatively reduced by multiple ivermectin treatments.
SUMMARYRegular distribution of ivermectin reduces onchocerciasis...
Direct Link | 4th October, 2008
| Department of Primary Care & Population Sciences, Royal Free Hospital,
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The neglected tropical diseases of latin america and the Caribbean: a review of disease burden and distribution and a roadmap for control and elimination.
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent some of the most common...
Direct Link | 30th September, 2008
| Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George
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Impact of long-term treatment with ivermectin on the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections.
BACKGROUND: Control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections relies...
Direct Link | 30th September, 2008
| Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego
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| Onchocerciasis control: biological research is still needed.
| 26th September, 2008
| Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, UR-024, 911, avenue
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The Mectizan Donation Program (MDP).
The launch of the Mectizan Donation Program (MDP) in 1987, by Merck & Co.,...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| Mectizan Donation Program, 325 Swanton Way, Decatur, GA 30030, USA.
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The NGDO Co-ordination Group for Onchocerciasis Control.
Since the beginning of the donation of Mectizan by Merck & Co., Inc.,...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| Helen Keller International, Regional Office for Africa, P.O. Box 29.898,
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The World Bank.
The control of human onchocerciasis (river blindness) is one of the most...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| Onchocerciasis Coordination Unit, World Bank Africa Region, Room J9-093,
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The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA).
Human onchocerciasis (river blindness) occurs in 13 foci distributed among...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA), 14 Calle 3-51
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Special intervention zones.
The Special Intervention Zones (SIZ) of the former Onchocerciasis Control...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, B. P. 549, Ouagadougou 01,
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The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC).
The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was launched in...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, B. P. 549, Ouagadougou 01,
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The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP).
The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP) started...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in
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The Mectizan Donation Program: 20 years of successful collaboration - a retrospective.
Merck is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company that, throughout...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| Global Health Partnerships, Merck & Co., Inc., 1 Merck Drive, P. O. Box
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Vision 2020 - the right to sight.
The unprecedented partnership for onchocerciasis control that followed...
Direct Link | 26th September, 2008
| Prevention of Blindness and Deafness, Chronic Diseases Prevention and
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