Cost of implementing a doxycycline test-and-treat strategy for onchocerciasis elimination among settled and semi-nomadic groups in Cameroon.

• Main Authors: Guillaume Trotignon (Author), Ruth Dixon (Author), Kareen Atekem (Author), Laura Senyonjo (Author), Joseph Kamgno (Author), Didier Biholong (Author), Iain Jones (Author), Rogers Nditanchou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Onchocerciasis is a neglected tropical disease with 217.5 million people globally at risk of having the infection. In both settled and semi-nomadic communities of Massangam Health District in Cameroon, Sightsavers has been carrying out test-and-treat with doxycycline a...