About the Authors
- Luc E. Coffeng
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* E-mail: l.coffeng@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Wilma A. Stolk
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Honorat G. M. Zouré
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Affiliation African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- J. Lennert Veerman
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Affiliations Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
- Koffi B. Agblewonu
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Affiliation African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Michele E. Murdoch
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Watford General Hospital, Watford, United Kingdom
- Mounkaila Noma
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Affiliation African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Grace Fobi
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Affiliation African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Jan Hendrik Richardus
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Donald A. P. Bundy
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Affiliation Human Development Network, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Dik Habbema
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Sake J. de Vlas
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Uche V. Amazigo
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Affiliation Independent Consultant, Enugu, Nigeria
Competing Interests
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank serves as Fiscal Agent to WHO APOC through its fiduciary oversight of the APOC Trust Fund and contributed to this paper through its work with the APOC secretariat in the maintenance of accurate financial records. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank. Furthermore, HGMZ, KBA, MN, GF, and UVA are or have been employees of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), World Health Organization. The authors state that their employment has not caused any conflict of interest in any of the following: study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, decision to publish. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.