WHO Onchocerciasis Technical Advisory Subgroup: report of the seventh meeting, Saly, Senegal, 4 November 2023

Overview

The seventh meeting of the World Health Organization Onchocerciasis Technical Advisory Subgroup (OTS) was held on 4 November 2023 at the Palm Beach Hotel in Saly Mbour, Senegal following the inaugural meeting of the Global Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE), where topics 1–4 were discussed. The OTS was convened a second time at a follow-up virtual meeting on 19 December 2023 to discuss topic 5 on moxidectin. The agenda for both meetings is provided in Annex 1.

The OTS and the onchocerciasis subgroup of the Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) further met virtually on 3 April 2024 to discuss topic 6 on the use of the current Ov16 rapid diagnostic test for making mass drug administration (MDA) stopping decisions for onchocerciasis elimination.