Report of the Third Meeting of the WHO Onchocerciasis Technical Advisory Subgroup, Geneva, Switzerland, 26-28 February 2019.

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Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2020.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Recommendations -- 1. Exclusion mapping (i.e. identification of unmapped areas where the environment is unfavourable for the presence of black flies) is important and should be undertaken before proceeding to stage 1 mapping. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Opening session -- 2.1 Summary of the second meeting -- 2.2 Review of serological tests -- 3. Country presentations -- 3.1 Mali: nearing stop MDA -- 3.2 United Republic of Tanzania: nearing stop MDA -- 3.3 Togo: nearing stop MDA -- 3.4 Malawi: elimination mapping and nearing stop MDA studies -- 3.5 Nigeria: mapping plus a question of thresholds -- 3.6 Ghana: mapping -- 3.7 Kenya: mapping -- 3.8 Ethiopia: a question of thresholds -- 3.9 Burundi: mapping -- 4. Comparison of ELISA platforms and RDT -- 4.1 ELISA verification phase and QA for serological tests -- 4.2 ELISA standardization -- 4.3 Efforts to improve RDT: using DBS with RDT -- 4.4 Efforts to improve RDT: dual antigen onchocerciasis test strip -- 4.5 Dual antigen test strip: additional data -- 4.6 Summary of RDT versus ELISA comparison -- 4.7 Diagnostics summary -- 4.8 Discussion on ELISA and RDT -- 4.9 Recommendations on ELISA and RDT -- 5. Onchocerciasis elimination mapping -- 5.1 Identification of first-line villages -- 5.2 Sampling methods for stage 1 mapping -- 5.3 Lessons from the field on stage 1 mapping -- 5.4 Sampling methods for stage 2 mapping -- 5.5 Experience with stage 2 mapping -- 5.6 Additional lessons from pilot surveys of stage 1 and 2 mapping -- 5.7 Onchocerciasis mapping in areas co-endemic for LF -- 5.8 Recommendations on onchocerciasis elimination mapping -- 1. Exclusion mapping (or identification of unmapped areas where the environmental is unfavourable for the presence of black flies) is important and should be undertaken before proceeding to stage 1 mapping. -- 6. Maximizing the available diagnostic tools. 
505 8 |a 7. Updates -- 7.1 Stop MDA threshold -- 7.2 New diagnostics -- 7.3 Milestones for elimination: developing the road map to 2030 -- 7.4 Pre-stop MDA assessments. 
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