South Sudan is amongst the highly endemic countries for onchocerciasis in Africa, with the disease endemic in around half (49%) the country (1). The most highly endemic foci of onchocerciasis in South Sudan are in Western Equatoria, and Northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal regions. However, in 2006 only 26% of the eligible population received ivermectin in five community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) targeted areas (2) (Fig. 1).
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