The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships
The Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP) was created in 1974 with two primary objectives. The first is the elimination of onchocerciasis as a public health problem and as an obstacle to socioeconomic development throughout an eleven-country area. T...
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okr-10986-98262021-04-23T14:02:47Z The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships Benton, Bruce BILATERAL DONORS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DISEASE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS INSECTICIDES MECTIZAN MILLION PEOPLE NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OCP ONCHOCERCIASIS ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRAM PREVALENCE PUBLIC HEALTH RAINY SEASON RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIVERBLINDNESS RIVERS TREATMENT VECTOR CONTROL The Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP) was created in 1974 with two primary objectives. The first is the elimination of onchocerciasis as a public health problem and as an obstacle to socioeconomic development throughout an eleven-country area. The second is to leave participating countries in a position to maintain this achievements by enhancing national capacity to maintain control of the disease. The principal tool has been vector control. By eliminating the intermediate host by killing the fly larvae, vector control effectively interrupts transmissions of the disease. In the late eighties, the program initiated the distribution of Mectizan as a complementary method of control. The OCP program has been hailed as one of the most successful partnerships in the history of development assistance. The results of the program include: 1) virtually halting transmission of onchocerciasis throughout the eleven-country program area; 2) preventing 600,000 cases of blindness by the conclusion of the program in 2002; 3) sparing 16 million children born since the program's inception from any risk of contracting onchocerciasis; and 4) freeing up estimated 25 million hectares of arable land for resettlement and cultivation. 2012-08-13T09:38:18Z 2012-08-13T09:38:18Z 2001-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/12345141/onchocerciasis-riverblindness-programs-visionary-partnerships http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9826 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 174 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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BILATERAL DONORS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DISEASE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS INSECTICIDES MECTIZAN MILLION PEOPLE NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OCP ONCHOCERCIASIS ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRAM PREVALENCE PUBLIC HEALTH RAINY SEASON RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIVERBLINDNESS RIVERS TREATMENT VECTOR CONTROL |
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BILATERAL DONORS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DISEASE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS INSECTICIDES MECTIZAN MILLION PEOPLE NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OCP ONCHOCERCIASIS ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRAM PREVALENCE PUBLIC HEALTH RAINY SEASON RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIVERBLINDNESS RIVERS TREATMENT VECTOR CONTROL Benton, Bruce The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships |
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The Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP)
was created in 1974 with two primary objectives. The first
is the elimination of onchocerciasis as a public health
problem and as an obstacle to socioeconomic development
throughout an eleven-country area. The second is to leave
participating countries in a position to maintain this
achievements by enhancing national capacity to maintain
control of the disease. The principal tool has been vector
control. By eliminating the intermediate host by killing the
fly larvae, vector control effectively interrupts
transmissions of the disease. In the late eighties, the
program initiated the distribution of Mectizan as a
complementary method of control. The OCP program has been
hailed as one of the most successful partnerships in the
history of development assistance. The results of the
program include: 1) virtually halting transmission of
onchocerciasis throughout the eleven-country program area;
2) preventing 600,000 cases of blindness by the conclusion
of the program in 2002; 3) sparing 16 million children born
since the program's inception from any risk of
contracting onchocerciasis; and 4) freeing up estimated 25
million hectares of arable land for resettlement and cultivation. |
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Benton, Bruce |
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Benton, Bruce |
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Benton, Bruce |
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The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships |
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The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships |
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The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships |
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The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships |
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The Onchocerciasis (Riverblindness) Programs Visionary Partnerships |
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onchocerciasis (riverblindness) programs visionary partnerships |
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