Although onchocerciasis is one of the most important diseases of the skin and eye in the
tropical world, to date there has been no formal consensus regarding the description and …

Gender differences in health in developing countries have, until recently, received little
attention from researchers, health programmes and international development efforts. This …

Itch is the most common skin symptom among tropical parasitic diseases (TPD), but there
are limited data about its characteristics in these conditions. In dermatology practices and …

This paper reports results from a multicenter study of gender differences in the stigma
associated with onchocercal skin disease (OSD) in five African sites: Cameroon, Ghana …

Human onchocerciasis (river blindness) is the filarial infection caused by Onchocerca
volvulus and transmitted among people through the bites of the Simulium vector. Some 86 …

An attempt was made to assess the true public-health importance of onchocercal skin
disease throughout the African region and hence provide an objective basis for the rational …

Undernutrition is estimated to affect over 800 million individuals, or more than one in ten
persons on Earth [1]. This number includes those who are undernourished based on …

Background: Onchocerciasis or river blindness is a chronic parasitic disease caused by the
filarial nematode Onchocerca Volvulus. It occurs in 38 countries in the world, including …

It has been suggested that initiatives to eradicate specific communicable diseases need to
be informed by eradication investment cases to assess the feasibility, costs, and …

Objectives Onchocerciasis is one of the most devastating neglected tropical diseases and it
is mostly prevalent in Africa. The disease has important heavy social and economic burdens …