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- African Program for Onchocerciasis Control
African Program for Onchocerciasis Control
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Health |
Approved | 17.09.1996 |
Signed | 19.09.1996 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Executing Agency | WHO/APOC |
Co-financiers | OPEC Fund, The World Bank, Norway, Luxemburg |
Organization | WHO |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.30 |
Total Project Cost (USDm) | 131.00 |
The grant was extended to co-finance this program aimed at controlling onchocerciasis, and to establish an effective and self-sustainable, community-based ivermectin treatment through the endemic area (15 countries in Africa).