Twenty Years of Onchocerciasis Control in West Africa
Author : World Health Organization
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File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : World Health Organization
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File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : World Health Organization
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Organisation mondiale de la santé
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Page : 175 pages
File Size : 16,43 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Ebrahim M. Samba
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
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An analysis of the many factors that have contributed to the striking success of the Onchocerciasis Control Program in West Africa (OCP), a major public health initiative now entering its twenty-first year. Throughout its history, OCP has been distinguished by its large size, the complexity of its operations, the long time frame needed for success, and the degree of commitment required by donors and participating countries alike. The Program has also been distinguished by its explicit aim to eliminate a disease, which has been a major obstacle to socioeconomic development as well as a cause of great disability and suffering. In examining the Program's many successful features, the author, who has directed OCP since late 1980, draws upon extensive personal experience, supported by the results of several external evaluations, to show how international collaboration, careful planning, and well managed field operations can overcome what may seem to be insurmountable obstacles. Throughout this analysis, an effort is made to extract lessons useful in the management of other large public health programs. The book also gives careful attention to managerial principles that will be important when OCP ceases operation and participating countries take over responsibility for the surveillance and management of recrudescence. The book has two parts. Chapters in the first part give a detailed account of the history, structure, operation, and achievements of OCP. Part two, on the management of OCP, explains how sound budgeting, detailed plans, time-limited goals, task-focused training, and careful computation of costs worked to maintain well-organized operations and keep staff motivated and efficient
Author : Bruce Benton
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,67 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1421439662
It provides a template for a broad range of global health efforts and is an excellent example of evolving, increasingly effective approaches to disease control and elimination.
Author : World Health Organization. Onchocerciasis Control Programme
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Page : 113 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 1985*
Category : Onchocerciasis
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Author : Laurent Yaméogo
Publisher : IRD Editions
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Flies as carriers of disease
ISBN : 9782709915236
Author : Nongovernmental Development Organizations Coordination Group for Onchocerciasis Control. Meeting
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Page : 19 pages
File Size : 44,57 MB
Release : 2003
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File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 19??
Category : Onchocerciasis
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Author : Janine M. H. Selendy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 16,82 MB
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1119416213
The revised and updated second edition of Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Changing Environment offers an interdisciplinary guide to the conditions responsible for water and sanitation related diseases. The authors discuss the pathogens, vectors, and their biology, morbidity and mortality that result from a lack of safe water and sanitation. The text also explores the distribution of these diseases and the conditions that must be met to reduce or eradicate them. The text includes contributions from authorities from the fields of climate change, epidemiology, environmental health, environmental engineering, global health, medicine, medical anthropology, nutrition, population, and public health. Covers the causes of individual diseases with basic information about the diseases and data on the distribution, prevalence, and incidence as well as interconnected factors such as environmental factors. The authors cover access to and maintenance of clean water, and guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta, and grey water, plus examples of solutions. Written for students, and professionals in infectious disease, public health and medicine, chemical and environmental engineering, and international affairs, the second edition of Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Changing Environment isa comprehensive resource to the conditions responsible for water and sanitation related diseases.