02329nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001653002100042653001300063653003900076653001800115653001900133653002300152653001500175653001100190653001600201653002800217653003300245653001200278100001100290700001600301245011400317856015300431300001200584490000900596520142000605022001402025       2011                            d10aTropical Climate10aTrachoma10aPublic-Private Sector Partnerships10aOrganizations10aonchocerciasis10aNeglected Diseases10aIvermectin10aHumans10aFilaricides10aElephantiasis, Filarial10aCommunicable Disease Control10aAnimals1 aBush S1 aHopkins A D00aPublic-private partnerships in neglected tropical disease control: the role of nongovernmental organisations.  uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X11000593/pdfft?md5=68adffbcfb5a31549a50327cf90d025e&pid=1-s2.0-S0001706X11000593-main.pdf  aS169-720 v120 3 a<p>Successful public-private partnerships for health control have usually included nongovernmental development organisations (NGDOs), and these have long been in the forefront of pinpointing particular social and health issues. The immensely successful control and elimination programmes for onchocerciasis are a case in point. NGDOs were the driving force in early advocacy for onchocerciasis control in West Africa, leading eventually to the remarkably effective and long lasting partnership of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP). With the donation of Mectizan(®), NGDOs were the driving force in developing onchocerciasis control in non-OCP countries, especially programmes for community based action. These were, further modified by the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) to become the successful Community Directed Interventions. NGDOs came together to coordinate activities in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO). Innovations by NGDOs led to integration of mass drug administration for Vitamin A deficiency and then for other parasitic diseases, leading to the current trend of preventive chemotherapy. The success of the NGDO Group for Onchocerciasis Control has led to the creation of similar groups for trachoma control and lymphatic filariasis elimination. These groups have now come together to form an NGDO Network for Neglected Tropical Disease control.</p>
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