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by maxwell 1550 days ago
No mention of APOC vs. non-APOC countries:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33795896
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jdhn 1550 days ago
What is APOC?
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yesfitz 1550 days ago
African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control
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joshvm 1550 days ago
I think it's meant to be APAC - Asia PACific.
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maxwell 1549 days ago
No, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, a WHO program funded by the Gates Foundation that ran from 1995 to 2015, distributing over 100 million doses of ivermectin to treat river blindess.

https://who.int/apoc

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