African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Updated Health Impact Estimates Based on New Disability Weights

Since 1995, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has coordinated mass treatment with ivermectin in 16 sub-Saharan countries (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, North Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania) with the aim to control morbidity due to infection with Onchocerca volvulus, a filarial nematode. Recently, we predicted trends in prevalence of infection, visual impairment, blindness, and troublesome itch due to onchocerciasis in APOC countries for the period 1995–2015, based on extensive data on pre-control infection levels, population coverage of ivermectin mass treatment, and the association between infection and morbidity. We also estimated the associated health impact, expressed in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Coffeng, Luc E., Stolk, Wilma A., Zoure, Honorat G. M., Veerman, J. Lennert, Agblewonu, Koffi B.
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2014-06-05
Subjects:	river blindness, onchocerciasis, Global Burden of Disease, GBD,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23198
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