Fig 1.
Reported therapeutic coverages in the Massangam health district.
Data were gathered on ESPEN website [19]. The red line represents the cut-off treatment coverage recommended by WHO.
Fig 2.
Map of the study area showing the focal communities (area of higher transmission) in the Massangam Health District.
The base layer of the map is freely available on OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/5.3521/10.9093) under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0) compatible with CC BY 4.0.
Table 1.
Onchocerca volvulus microfilarial prevalence according to focal communities, sexes, and age groups.
Fig 3.
Association between ivermectin treatment compliance and prevalence and intensity of O. volvulus infection in the Massangam Health District.
Table 2.
Intensity of Onchocerca volvulus infection according to focal communities, sexes, and age groups.
Fig 4.
Scatter plots of intensities of infection according to age groups, sexes, and focal communities of the Massangam Health District.
Fig 5.
Trends in Onchocerca volvulus prevalence at the end of ATS implementation (2019) [18] and five years after cessation of ATS (2023) in the three focal communities of Massangam Health District.