African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control

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The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control was a World Health Organization initiative aimed at eliminating river blindness in African countries through large-scale, community-directed treatment and vector control.

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instanceOf World Health Organization programme
disease control initiative
public health programme
abbreviation APOC
basedOnModel Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa
benefits improved agricultural productivity in endemic areas
prevention of blindness
reduction of skin disease due to onchocerciasis
coordinates national onchocerciasis control programmes
drugBrandName Mectizan
endTime 2015
field parasitology
public health
tropical medicine
focusesOnDisease onchocerciasis
river blindness
fundingSource donor governments
international organizations
non-governmental organizations
geographicFocus Africa
goal control of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus
elimination of onchocerciasis as a public health problem in Africa
headquartersLocation Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
linked to: Ouagadougou
implementsApproach community-directed intervention approach
monitors onchocerciasis prevalence
treatment coverage
operatedBy World Health Organization
parentOrganization World Health Organization
partnerOrganization UNDP
UNICEF
World Bank
endemic country governments
non-governmental development organizations
programmeType multicountry partnership
regionServed sub-Saharan Africa
linked to: Sub-Saharan Africa
replacedBy Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases
startTime 1995
strategy community-directed treatment
strengthening primary health care systems
targetsPathogen Onchocerca volvulus
targetsVector Simulium blackflies
usesDrug ivermectin
usesIntervention community-directed treatment with ivermectin
mass drug administration
vector control

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Merck Mectizan Donation Program collaboratesWith African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control
Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa successorProgramme African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control