Enhancing onchocerciasis elimination program management: A biological approach to deciding when to begin Stop Mass Drug Administration activities

• Daniel Boakye,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Reaching the Last Mile Fund, The END Fund, New York, New York, United States of America, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Charles Mackenzie ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tropmed@mac.com

  Affiliations Reaching the Last Mile Fund, The END Fund, New York, New York, United States of America, NTD Support Center, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4628-8188

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• Jamie Tallant,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reaching the Last Mile Fund, The END Fund, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Anne Heggen,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reaching the Last Mile Fund, The END Fund, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Sashi Leff,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reaching the Last Mile Fund, The END Fund, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Lokemla Nadjilar,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Onchocerciasis Elimination Program, Ministry of Health, Republic of Tchad

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• Moussa Sow

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Onchocerciasis Elimination Program, Ministry of Health, Republic of Mali

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