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. 2014 Jun 5;8(6):e2759.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002759. eCollection 2014 Jun.

African programme for onchocerciasis control 1995-2015: updated health impact estimates based on new disability weights

Luc E Coffeng  1 , Wilma A Stolk  1 , Honorat G M Zouré  2 , J Lennert Veerman  3 , Koffi B Agblewonu  2 , Michele E Murdoch  4 , Mounkaila Noma  2 , Grace Fobi  2 , Jan Hendrik Richardus  1 , Donald A P Bundy  5 , Dik Habbema  1 , Sake J de Vlas  1 , Uche V Amazigo  6
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African programme for onchocerciasis control 1995-2015: updated health impact estimates based on new disability weights

Luc E Coffeng et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank serves as Fiscal Agent to WHO APOC through its fiduciary oversight of the APOC Trust Fund and contributed to this paper through its work with the APOC secretariat in the maintenance of accurate financial records. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank. Furthermore, HGMZ, KBA, MN, GF, and UVA are or have been employees of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), World Health Organization. The authors state that their employment has not caused any conflict of interest in any of the following: study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, decision to publish. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost due to onchocerciasis from 1995 to 2015.
The total height of the bars (colored plus blank) represents the estimated number of DALYs lost in a counterfactual scenario without ivermectin mass treatment (increasing trend due to population growth). The colored part of each bar represents the estimated actual number of DALYs lost (declining trend due to ivermectin mass treatment). The blank part of each bar therefore represents the annual number of DALYs averted by ivermectin mass treatment in the total APOC population.
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