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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.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
©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
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Subject African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control.
African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control.
Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa.
Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa.
Onchocerciasis -- Africa -- Prevention.
Onchocerciasis.
Africa.
Onchocerciasis -- Africa -- Epidemiology.
Epidemiology.
Public health -- Africa -- Evaluation.
Public health.
Evaluation.
International cooperation.
International cooperation.
Africa.
Onchocerciasis -- Epidemiology.
Onchocerciasis -- Prevention.
Public health -- Evaluation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title River blindness in Africa
Other Form: Print version: 9781421439662 1421439662 (DLC) 2020009051 (OCoLC)1141996789
ISBN 1421439670 (electronic book)
9781421439679 (electronic book)
9781421439662
1421439662