Success stories: Colombia. First Country to Eliminate Onchocerciasis; 2016 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Download	Efforts to combat the infection were launched in 1996 in the Naicioná community—the single endemic area countrywide—with mass administration of the antiparasitic ivermectin.

Communicable Diseases

Neglected, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases

Onchocerciasis - "River Blindness"

Vectors: Integrated management and public health entomology

Communication Materials

Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Elimination