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The Fourth Annual Global Forum of Malaria-Eliminating Countries was held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 24 to 26 January 2023. It brought together nearly...
27 October 2016
Progress towards eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: verification of elimination...
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is caused by the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus, which is transmitted by Simulium species (black flies) that...
17 August 2012
Progress towards eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas in 2011: interruption of...
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic worm which is transmitted by certain Simulium species (black flies)...
31 August 2007
Report from the sixteenth InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is caused by the fi larial parasite Onchocerca volvulus and is endemic in 6 countries of the WHO...
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