Hopkins Adrian D
Mectizan Donation Programme, Atlanta, GA USA
Int Health. 2016 Mar;8 Suppl 1:i28-33. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv077.
Programmes to control onchocerciasis have been ongoing for over 40 years. What was once a devastating blinding and disabling disease, particularly in West Africa, has largely been eliminated at least as a public health problem. Efforts continue to eliminate the transmission of the disease. However, as the elimination agenda has developed so have efforts to control/eliminate other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control will close at the end of 2015. There has been considerable discussion as to what should replace it and the World Health Organization Africa Region has been consulting widely during the first part of 2015 and has established a new project framework that will be presented to a wider group of stakeholders to mobilise support with the aim of the coordination of NTD activities in the region. This will be called the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN). This will put the countries in the driving seat but offer technical advice, capacity building and financial support, where needed, to enable countries to implement their NTD Master Plans, and also to implement recommendations of the Regional Programme Review Group. An NTD forum will be held periodically to consult with stakeholders.
控制盘尾丝虫病的项目已经开展了40多年。盘尾丝虫病曾是一种极具破坏性的致盲和致残疾病，尤其是在西非，如今至少作为一个公共卫生问题已基本消除。消除该疾病传播的努力仍在继续。然而，随着消除议程的推进，控制/消除其他被忽视热带病（NTDs）的努力也在同步展开。非洲盘尾丝虫病控制规划将于2015年底结束。关于应由什么来取代它已进行了大量讨论，世界卫生组织非洲区域在2015年上半年广泛征求了意见，并建立了一个新的项目框架，该框架将提交给更广泛的利益相关者群体以争取支持，目的是协调该区域的被忽视热带病活动。这将被称为消除被忽视热带病扩大特别项目（ESPEN）。这将让各国发挥主导作用，但在需要时提供技术建议、能力建设和财政支持，以使各国能够实施其被忽视热带病总体计划，并落实区域项目审查小组的建议。将定期举行被忽视热带病论坛以与利益相关者进行磋商。
