At the #NNN2023 session Innovate to Eliminate, speakers used the examples of Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon to unpack creative strategies to eliminate onchocerciasis.

One of these diseases is onchocerciasis in the north of Venezuela. And the Carter Center still keeps supporting Venezuela to eliminate this disease from the Yanomami area in the south
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.Act to End NTDs | West has a new technical brief live on the site! The brief looks at results of the quality improvement activities before and during a November 2021 onchocerciasis MDA campaign in Benin 🇧🇯.

Read more: tinyurl.com/4suj5kmx @FHI360 USAID #BeatNTDs

#ICYMI a fantastic speech by Dr Matshidiso Moeti on World Health Organization (WHO) achievements over 75 years at #RC73AFRO #WHO75
She recognised the African Programme on Onchocerciasis Control as 'one of the largest & oldest public private partnerships for health, one of the most successful in Africa'
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'FG vows to end river blindness, others' and other NTD news
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Mectizan Expert Committee member Dr. Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly will share his knowledge in an upcoming online presentation ➡️'Accelerating Onchocerciasis Elimination in Mali 🇲🇱' - 27 Sept #StampOutOncho #beatNTDs

Onchocerciasis Tecnical Advisory Group (TAG), held an in-depth meeting to discuss about the disease, and planned its activities. They had benchmarked from countries that were/are Oncho endemic as this will guide Ministry of Health VBNTD unit and partners eliminate the disease in Kenya.

Folks, I present you our new publication on NTD in Ghana

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Management of onchocerciasis among adolescents in nkwanta north district of Ghana: Qualitative study of adolescents’ perception, community and health system support

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🤝 We're teaming up with BIOASTER to enhance the diagnosis of #Onchocerciasis , also known as river blindness. With backing from the Gates Foundation, BIOASTER is leading this crucial initiative and we are honored to support their work. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q01_VpNd0 #LFA

Mass Drug Administration at schools Colleges of Angul district for elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis. #dm_angul #nhmodisha #filaria #ntd

UNIOSUN Holds Training On Study Of Black Fly Entomology 🇳🇬 #StampOutOncho #beatNTDs youtu.be/9D4mhsvBRLI via YouTube

The Government has declared that an estimated six million Ugandans are no longer at risk of onchocerciasis (commonly known as River Blindness) including about two million people living in the Lake Victoria Nile focus areas.

DETAILS 👇🏽 #VisionUpdates

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A 2-week capacity-building training on black fly entomology and onchocerciasis commenced today with an opening ceremony that was graced by erudite scholars in the field of Public Health Parasitology and Entomology.

To reach nomadic populations, our partners must employ innovative approaches to eliminate river blindness in the last endemic region of the Americas: the Yanomami Focus Area #StampOutOncho #IndigenousPeoplesDay #DíaPueblosIndígenas #DiaDosPovosIndígenas 📷 Oscar Noya Alarcón

Wonderful news from our partners in 🇨🇲Cameroon! 👏👏👏 #StampOutOncho #beatNTDs

As part of their efforts against #onchocerciasis , the 11 countries that form the Act to End NTDs | West program have been increasing their cross-border collaboration.

Read more about their work: tinyurl.com/4ekjh6u3

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The Fly Catchers of Senegal Making River Blindness a Relic of the Past #StampOutOncho #BeatNTDs end.org/the-fly-catche… via The END Fund

UPDATE: The Ministry of Health has officially declared Bushenyi and Mitooma Districts in Western Uganda free of River Blindness disease.
Details: youtu.be/kzB704YTbuM
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Happening right now: Greater Bushenyi together with the ministry of Health & development partners ( The Cater Center and Lions Club) and the community celebrating the elimination of River blindness in Maramagambo area which cuts across Bushenyi & Mitooma. Details later
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After a recent #onchocerciasis workshop, learn more about the ongoing work and progress against the neglected tropical disease in the 11 countries that form the Act to End NTDs | West consortium.

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