01739nas a2200397   4500000000100000008004100001653003900042653001900081653002400100653001300124653001400137653001200151653001100163100001500174700001500189700001500204700001500219700001400234700001700248700001300265700001500278700001600293700001800309700001400327700001100341700001200352700001100364700001500375700001500390245006700405856003300472300001200505490000700517520080300524022001401327       2018                            d10aNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs)10aonchocerciasis10aDisease elimination10aEthiopia10aGuatemala10aNigeria10aUganda1 aGriswold E1 aUnnasch TR1 aEberhard M1 aNwoke BE B1 aMorales Z1 aTukahebwa EM1 aKebede B1 aAnagbogu I1 aKatabarwa M1 aHabomugisha P1 aTadesse Z1 aMiri E1 aEvans D1 aCohn D1 aElhassan E1 aRichards F00aThe role of national committees in eliminating onchocerciasis.  uhttps://tinyurl.com/y8ytxre8  ai60-i700 v103 a<p>National onchocerciasis elimination committees (NOECs) serve to help ministries of health complete the pathway to successful verification of elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness), as outlined in the 2016 World Health Organization guidelines. These guidelines, however, only take effect when the country believes it has reached a point that elimination can be demonstrated, and do not address the preceding milestones. Therefore, NOECs can be of great help with guiding and tailoring earlier planning, programming and assessments to empower national programs to aggressively move toward their countries' elimination goals. In this article, we provide suggestions for organizing NOECs and examples of four such committees that have successfully operated in Africa and the Americas.</p>
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