African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost

Onchocerciasis causes a considerable disease burden in Africa, mainly through skin and eye disease. Since 1995, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has coordinated annual mass treatment with ivermectin in 16 countries. In this study, we estimate the health impact of APOC and the...

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Main Authors:	Coffeng, Luc E., Stolk, Wilma A., Zoure, Honorat G. M., Veerman, J. Lennert, Agblewonu, Koffi B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2015
Subjects:	Onchocerciasis river blindness health impact health cost
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23206

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spelling	okr-10986-232062021-04-23T14:04:13Z African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost Coffeng, Luc E. Stolk, Wilma A. Zoure, Honorat G. M. Veerman, J. Lennert Agblewonu, Koffi B. Onchocerciasis river blindness health impact health cost Onchocerciasis causes a considerable disease burden in Africa, mainly through skin and eye disease. Since 1995, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has coordinated annual mass treatment with ivermectin in 16 countries. In this study, we estimate the health impact of APOC and the associated costs from a program perspective up to 2010 and provide expected trends up to 2015. 2015-12-03T21:51:34Z 2015-12-03T21:51:34Z 2013-01-31 Journal Article PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23206 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Public Library of Science Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	Onchocerciasis river blindness health impact health cost Coffeng, Luc E. Stolk, Wilma A. Zoure, Honorat G. M. Veerman, J. Lennert Agblewonu, Koffi B. African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost
description	Onchocerciasis causes a considerable disease burden in Africa, mainly through skin and eye disease. Since 1995, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has coordinated annual mass treatment with ivermectin in 16 countries. In this study, we estimate the health impact of APOC and the associated costs from a program perspective up to 2010 and provide expected trends up to 2015.
format	Journal Article
author	Coffeng, Luc E. Stolk, Wilma A. Zoure, Honorat G. M. Veerman, J. Lennert Agblewonu, Koffi B.
author_facet	Coffeng, Luc E. Stolk, Wilma A. Zoure, Honorat G. M. Veerman, J. Lennert Agblewonu, Koffi B.
author_sort	Coffeng, Luc E.
title	African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost
title_short	African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost
title_full	African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost
title_fullStr	African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost
title_full_unstemmed	African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost
title_sort	african programme for onchocerciasis control 1995– 2015 : model-estimated health impact and cost
publisher	Public Library of Science
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23206
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African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995– 2015 : Model-Estimated Health Impact and Cost

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