Status of Onchocerciasis Transmission after More Than a Decade of Mass Drug Administration for Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in Central Nigeria: Challenges in Coordinating the Stop MDA Decision

• Darin S. Evans ,

  * E-mail: dsevans@emory.edu, dsevans.work@gmail.com

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kal Alphonsus ,

  ¶† Deceased.

  Affiliation The Carter Center Nigeria, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Jon Umaru,

  Affiliation The Carter Center Nigeria, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Abel Eigege,

  Affiliation The Carter Center Nigeria, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Emmanuel Miri,

  Affiliation The Carter Center Nigeria, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Hayward Mafuyai,

  Affiliation University of Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Carlos Gonzales-Peralta,

  Affiliation Consultant, River Blindness Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• William Adamani,

  Affiliation The Carter Center Nigeria, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Elias Pede,

  Affiliation Plateau State Ministry of Health, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Christopher Umbugadu,

  Affiliation Nasarawa State Ministry of Health, Lafia, Nasarawa, Nigeria

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• Yisa Saka,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

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• Bridget Okoeguale,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

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• Frank O. Richards

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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