Status of onchocerciasis in APOC countries
More than 99% of all cases of onchocerciasis and onchocerciasis-related blindness are found in Africa. Onchocerciasis occurs in 30 African countries. Isolated foci also exist in Yemen, and six countries in central and South America.
By 2007 rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO) had been totally or largely completed in all APOC countries. The results of REMO enable the national onchocerciasis task forces (NOTFs) to put together national plans and project proposals for onchocerciasis control.
Rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO) in countries covered by APOC, 2008
RELATED LINKS
- Rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO)
- Rapid mapping for onchocerciasis
- Guidelines for analysis of REMO data using GIS
- Noma M et al. (2002). Rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO): its application by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 96: 29-39(11)