40 Years of the APOC Partnership

The fight against onchocerciasis (river blindness), one of the most devastating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), has mobilized significant resources and brought together diverse public and private stakeholders. Affected communities, governments of endemic countries, non-governmental development o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Roungou, Jean-Baptist, Yameogo, Laurent, Mwikisa, Chris, Boakye, Daniel A., Bundy, Donald A. P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2015
Subjects:	river blindness onchocerciasis
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23192

id	okr-10986-23192
recordtype	oai_dc
spelling	okr-10986-231922021-04-23T14:04:13Z 40 Years of the APOC Partnership Roungou, Jean-Baptist Yameogo, Laurent Mwikisa, Chris Boakye, Daniel A. Bundy, Donald A. P. river blindness onchocerciasis The fight against onchocerciasis (river blindness), one of the most devastating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), has mobilized significant resources and brought together diverse public and private stakeholders. Affected communities, governments of endemic countries, non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs), donors, and researchers are contributing, each in their own way, to what is considered today as one of the major public health achievements of recent decades in Africa. Onchocerciasis is losing ground, and its elimination in Africa is now possible within a reasonable timeframe. 2015-12-03T15:59:12Z 2015-12-03T15:59:12Z 2015-05-14 Journal Article PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23192 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
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Foreign Institution
institution	Digital Repositories
building	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection	World Bank
language	en_US
topic	river blindness onchocerciasis
spellingShingle	river blindness onchocerciasis Roungou, Jean-Baptist Yameogo, Laurent Mwikisa, Chris Boakye, Daniel A. Bundy, Donald A. P. 40 Years of the APOC Partnership
description	The fight against onchocerciasis (river blindness), one of the most devastating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), has mobilized significant resources and brought together diverse public and private stakeholders. Affected communities, governments of endemic countries, non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs), donors, and researchers are contributing, each in their own way, to what is considered today as one of the major public health achievements of recent decades in Africa. Onchocerciasis is losing ground, and its elimination in Africa is now possible within a reasonable timeframe.
format	Journal Article
author	Roungou, Jean-Baptist Yameogo, Laurent Mwikisa, Chris Boakye, Daniel A. Bundy, Donald A. P.
author_facet	Roungou, Jean-Baptist Yameogo, Laurent Mwikisa, Chris Boakye, Daniel A. Bundy, Donald A. P.
author_sort	Roungou, Jean-Baptist
title	40 Years of the APOC Partnership
title_short	40 Years of the APOC Partnership
title_full	40 Years of the APOC Partnership
title_fullStr	40 Years of the APOC Partnership
title_full_unstemmed	40 Years of the APOC Partnership
title_sort	40 years of the apoc partnership
publisher	Public Library of Science
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23192
_version_	1764453161304588288

40 Years of the APOC Partnership

Similar Items