CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background to the study
Over the past three decades, pragmatic attempts were made by past Governments of
Ghana in collaboration with the West African Onchocerciasis Control Programme
(O.C.P.) to eradicate Onchocerciasis in endemic areas. The programme which took off in
1974, was very successful in eradicating black flies as the vector for onchocerciasis in the
country until 1994 when the programme officially ended. Many inhabitants who hitherto
had abandoned the fertile lands along river banks where the prevalent rate was high had
returned as a result of the success of the O.C.P. This means that the black flies had also
been liquidated from these areas.
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