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Table 1 A timeline of onchocerciasis control activities, carried out in Kitgum, Pader and Moyo districts

From: Prevalence and incidence of nodding syndrome and other forms of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in northern Uganda after the implementation of onchocerciasis control measures

Year

Kitgum and Pader districts

Moyo district

1986–2006

Lord’s Resistance Army civil war interrupting onchocerciasis control efforts and programs

 

1993

Partial mapping of onchocerciasis

Start of annual CDTI

1994–2008

Ivermectin only passively distributed

 

2008

Onchocerciasis mapping completed

 

2009

Start of consistent annual CDTI

 

2012

Start of vector control (river larviciding + aerial spraying)

 

2013

Start bi-annual CDTI

Start of bi-annual CDTI

  1. CDTI Community-directed treatment with ivermectin