Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
We coordinate and support policies and strategies to enhance global access to interventions for the prevention, control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases, including some zoonotic diseases.
Partners in the fight against onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis
APOC key partners include full and associate members of the NGDO Coordination Group for Onchocerciasis Elimination as well as Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and the End Fund.
Full members of the NGDO Group are
- Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW)
- Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM)
- Helen Keller International (HKI)
- IMA World Health
- Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF)
- Mectizan® Donation Program (MDP)
- Mission to Save the Helpless (MITOSATH)
- Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité (OPC)
- Sightsavers
- United Front Against River Blindness (UFAR)
- The Carter Center
- US Fund for UNICEF
Associate members include
- International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
- Liverpool Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD)
- Merck
Other APOC key international partners
OEPA partners
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Lions Clubs International Foundation