The onchocerciasis (riverblindness) programs : visionary partnerships (English)

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...

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Benton,Bruce;
Document Date
2001/01/01
Document Type
Brief
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54785
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2010/05/31
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Disclosed
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The onchocerciasis (riverblindness) programs : visionary partnerships
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high economic rates of return

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Benton,Bruce.

The onchocerciasis (riverblindness) programs : visionary partnerships (English). Africa Region findings ; no. 174 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/662241468169751124

The onchocerciasis (riverblindness) programs : visionary partnerships (English)

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