Development of a policy to stop the suffering caused by Nodding Syndrome and Onchocerciasis associated epilepsy

Project Information

NSstop

Grant agreement ID: 768815

DOI

10.3030/768815

Project closed

EC signature date 18 July 2017

Start date 1 September 2017

End date 28 February 2019

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 149 687,50

EU contribution

€ 149 687,50

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
Belgium

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Burden of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: first estimates and research priorities

Author(s): Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, Sarah Mollenkopf, Robert Colebunders, Michael Edlinger, Luc E. Coffeng, Julia Irani, Trésor Zola, Joseph N. Siewe, Sake J. de Vlas, Andrea S. Winkler, Wilma A. Stolk
Published in: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Issue 7/1, 2018, ISSN 2049-9957
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-018-0481-9

Intervention for reducing epilepsy-associated stigma

Author(s): Siewe Fodjo Joseph Nelson, Colebunders Robert
Published in: Epilepsy & Behavior, 2018, ISSN 1525-5050
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.09.011

Clinical presentations of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) in Cameroon

Author(s): Joseph F.N. Siewe, Leonard Ngarka, Godwin Tatah, Michel K. Mengnjo, Leonard N. Nfor, Eric S. Chokote, Charlotte Boullé, Cyrille Nkouonlack, Fidèle Dema, Grace A. Nkoro, Wepnyu Y. Njamnshi, Earnest N. Tabah, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Robert Colebunders, Alfred K. Njamnshi
Published in: Epilepsy & Behavior, Issue 90, 2019, Page(s) 70-78, ISSN 1525-5050
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.11.008

Epidemiology of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Mbam and Sanaga river valleys of Cameroon: impact of more than 13 years of ivermectin

Author(s): Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Godwin Tatah, Earnest Njih Tabah, Leonard Ngarka, Leonard Njamnshi Nfor, Samuel Eric Chokote, Michel K. Mengnjo, Fidèle Dema, Aurélien Tele Sitouok, Grace Nkoro, Félicien E. Ntone, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Cédric B. Chesnais, Michel Boussinesq, Robert Colebunders, Alfred K. Njamnshi
Published in: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Issue 7/1, 2018, ISSN 2049-9957
Publisher: BioMed central
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-018-0497-1

Low prevalence of epilepsy and onchocerciasis after more than 20 years of ivermectin treatment in the Imo River Basin in Nigeria

Author(s): Joseph N. F. Siewe, Chinyere N. Ukaga, Ernest O. Nwazor, Murphy O. Nwoke, Modebelu C. Nwokeji, Blessing C. Onuoha, Simon O. Nwanjor, Joel Okeke, Kate Osahor, Lilian Chimechefulam, Ann I. Ogomaka, Augustine A. Amaechi, Chika I. Ezenwa, Monika N. Ezike, Chidimma Ikpeama, Ogechi Nwachukwu, Austine I. Eriama-Joseph, Berthram E. B. Nwoke, Robert Colebunders
Published in: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Issue 8/1, 2019, ISSN 2049-9957
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-019-0517-9

Comprehensive management of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas: lessons learnt from community-based surveys

Author(s): Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Marieke C. J. Dekker, Richard Idro, Michel Ndahura Mandro, Pierre-Marie Preux, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Robert Colebunders
Published in: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Issue 8/1, 2019, ISSN 2049-9957
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-019-0523-y