Niger: the first human onchocerciasis-endemic country in Africa to achieve elimination of infection transmission

Summary

This article describes the investigations leading to the submission of a formal dossier to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the approval and validation of transmission elimination. It also outlines the responses of the Niger national onchocerciasis programme to the WHO-appointed dossier review panel, culminating in formal approval that transmission was no longer present in Niger.