Open AccessAssessment of the performance of community-directed treatment with ivermectin strategy for the control and elimination of onchocerciasis in Edo State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Amenze Oritsemofe Onowhakpor,
OH Okojie,
VA Wagbatsoma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_236_16
Subject(s) - onchocerciasis , ivermectin , environmental health , christian ministry , medicine , descriptive statistics , community health , government (linguistics) , health facility , business , public health , socioeconomics , nursing , population , health services , political science , veterinary medicine , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , pathology , law , sociology
Community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) was developed in the mid 1990's as a solution for the control and elimination of onchocerciasis. It requires that ivermectin be administered continuously over a period of at least 14 years with community involvement before elimination can be achieved.