African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)

African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) fact sheet

Ivermectin treatment in APOC countries (as at 2009)


Country Start Year Total Treatments (2009) CDTI geographic coverage % (2009) CDTI therapeutic coverage % (2009)
Angola 2004 423,391 76.2 66.1
Burundi 2005 1,044,371 100 74.2
Cameroon 1998 4,809,180 98.9 75.5
Central African Republic 1998 1,088,053 82.4 77.2
Chad 1998 1,513,713 100 80.9
Congo-Brazzaville 2001 617,167 100 80.7
Democratic Republic of Congo 2000 17,704,257 86 65.5
Equatorial Guinea 1998 56,902 41.9 70.9
Ethiopia 2000 4,613,362 100 80.1
Liberia 2000 1,288,496 41.1 62.1
Malawi 1997 1,638,355 100 82.8
Nigeria 1997 26,666,032 97.4 80.1
Sudan 1997 3,011,429 87.7 53.7
Tanzania 1998 1,616,757 95.4 73.3
Uganda 1997 2,328,352 100 76.4

Total 68,419,817

Co-implementation (as at 2009)


Health intervention Communities covered Population covered
EPI 9,537 1,576,779
Guinea worm 1,584 177,253
HIV/AIDS 2,336 1,936,438
Leprosy and Buruli 984 1,571,840
LF 16,753 8,474,883
Malaria 36,589 6,978,949
Nutrition 6,595 648,488
Primary eye care 118 40
Schisto, Malaria and VitA 1,985 854,566
Schistosomiasis 3,638 1,394,271
STH 49,995 7,748,187
Trachoma 3,227 1,123,315
Tuberculosis 2,107 1,179
Vita A supplementation 41,562 5,582,508

Total 177,010 38,068,696
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