Tribute to the over one million Community Directed Distributors (CDDs): an unprecedented commitment to eliminating Onchocerciasis from Africa through a unique Partnership
Community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI)
Communities take charge of their own treatment in the community-directed treatment (CDTI) approach
WHO/APOC
The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was set up in 1995 to eliminate onchocerciasis as a disease of public health importance in Africa.
Onchocerciasis – or ‘river blindness’ – is a major cause of blindness and skin disease in many African countries.
At the core of APOC’s strategy to eliminate the disease is CDTI – community-directed treatment with ivermectin. CDTI relies on active community participation to distribute ivermectin treatment to people who need it. This successful strategy is now being extended to include delivery of other health interventions, such as insecticide-treated nets for malaria.
press and media
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KUWAIT FUND TO HOST THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE JOINT ACTION FORUM (JAF)
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12-14 December 2011 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. -
34 African Universities, Medical, Nursing Schools to Teach CDI Strategy
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10 November 2010/Nairobi, Kenya -
WHO, partners review river blindness elimination progress in Africa: The African Development Bank (AfDB) at the centre of the event
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5 December 2009/Tunis, Tunisia -
Strengthening integrated disease surveillance in West Africa
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29 September 2009/Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
