African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)

Gabon

Onchocerciasis status

Mapping was implemented after approval of the Gabon project, and revealed that onchocerciasis was hypo-endemic country-wide except for a few villages. APOC Trust Fund support was provided for five years and has now stopped. In the few villages where onchocerciasis remains a problem, treatment is clinic-based.

Rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis in Gabon, showing that community-directed treatment with ivermectin is no longer needed

This map is an approximation of actual country borders.

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