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Riverblindness in Africa Taming the Lion's Stare
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Title
Riverblindness in Africa Taming the Lion's Stare / Bruce Benton ; foreword by James D. Wolfensohn.
ISBN
1421439670
9781421439679
1421439662
9781421439662
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020
Copyright Notice Date
[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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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.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2020 Complete
Project MUSE - 2020 Global Cultural Studies
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 09, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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