TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benton,Bruce
TI  - Riverblindness in Africa: taming the lion's stare 
SN  - 1421439670
AV  - RA644.O53 B46 2020
U1  - 614.5/552 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control
KW  - Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa
KW  - fast
KW  - Onchocerciasis
KW  - Africa
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Public health
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Onchocerciasis, Ocular
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - Neglected Diseases
KW  - Disease Eradication
KW  - organization & administration
KW  - Program Evaluation
KW  - International Cooperation
KW  - Onchocercose
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Épidémiologie
KW  - Santé publique
KW  - Évaluation
KW  - Coopération internationale
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
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