The onchocerciasis elimination program for the Americas: a history of partnership
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (OPS) = Pan American Journal of Public Health (PAHO)
; 3(6): 367-74, jun. 1998. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| PAHO
| ID: pah-25421
Biblioteca responsável:
US1.1
Localização: US1.1, PAHO COLL
ABSTRACT
The decision in 1987 by the pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. to provide Mectizan (ivermectin) free of charge to river blindness control programs has challenged the international public health community to find effective ways to distribute the drug to rural populations most affected by onchocerciasis. In the Americas, PAHO responded to that challenge by calling for the elimination of all morbidity from onchocerciasis from the Region by the year 2007 through mass distribution of ivermectin. Since 1991, a multinational, multiagency partnership (consisting of PAHO, the endemic countries, nongovernmental development organizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as academic institutions and funding agencies) has developed the political, financial, and technical support needed to move toward the realization of that goal. This partnership is embodied in the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA), which is supported by the River Blindness Foundation (RBF) and now by the Carter Center. OEPA was conceived as a means of maintaining a regional initiative to eliminate what is otherwise a low priority disease. Since its inception in 1993, the OEPA has provided more than US$2 million in financial, managerial, and technical assistance to stimulate and/or support programs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela, so as to take full advantage of the Merck donation. Now halfway into a five-year, US$ 4 million grant provided through the Inter-American Development Bank, the OEPA's capacity to support the regional initiative is assured through 1999
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados de organismos internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Helmintíase
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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Oncocercose
Base de dados:
PAHO
Assunto principal:
Oncocercose
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População Rural
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Cooperação Técnica
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Ivermectina
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Cooperação Econômica
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Política de Saúde
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (OPS) = Pan American Journal of Public Health (PAHO)
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Congresso e conferência