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Author Benton, Bruce, 1942- author.

Title Riverblindness in Africa : taming the lion's stare / Bruce Benton ; foreword by James D. Wolfensohn
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
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Contents The Challenge -- Launching and Scaling Up the Onchocerciasis Control Program -- Expansion and Rescue -- The Game Changer -- Ivermectin -- Getting Mectizan to Africa, Concluding OCP -- A Closer Look at Socioeconomic Development -- Widening the Effort to All of Africa -- Deepening and Widening the Objective -- Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
Summary "The World Bank coordinated a fight against riverblindness, a parasitic tropical disease, which commenced more than forty years ago. The story of the battle has an epic scale, both in terms of geography and the number of people and organizations involved. The book provides a success story and a bureaucratic template for other global health efforts. The author worked for the World Bank and oversaw its campaign to end riverblindness"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2020)
Subject African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control.
Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa.
SUBJECT Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa
African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control
African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control fast
Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa fast
Subject Onchocerciasis -- Africa -- Prevention
Onchocerciasis -- Africa -- Epidemiology
Public health -- Africa -- Evaluation
International cooperation.
Onchocerciasis, Ocular -- prevention & control
Onchocerciasis, Ocular -- epidemiology
Neglected Diseases -- prevention & control
Disease Eradication -- organization & administration
Program Evaluation
International Cooperation
International cooperation
Onchocerciasis -- Epidemiology
Onchocerciasis -- Prevention
Public health -- Evaluation
SUBJECT Africa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
Africa https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000349
Subject Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1421439670
9781421439679
Other Titles River blindness in Africa