Celebrating 30 years of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A.‘s* donation of Mectizan in 2017, “as much as needed, for as long as needed,” the Mectizan Donation Program is the longest-running Neglected Tropical Disease drug donation program. More than 300 million treatments of Mectizan and albendazole (donated by GSK) are provided yearly for river blindness (onchocerciasis) and lymphatic filariasis elimination worldwide.
*Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A., is known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada.
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MDP Newsletter
Mectizan Program Notes: Summer 2018
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MEC Guidelines and Recommendations
MEC Guide for Donations of Mectizan in IDA Countries
Guide for Donations of Mectizan® to Accelerate the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Countries where Onchocerciasis is not co-endemic.
Guide for Donations of Mectizan Application for IDA countries (949.30 KB)Resources and Tools
Managing Morbidity and Preventing Disability (MMDP) Toolkit
The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing a toolkit to help programs implement MMDP services. The toolkit incorporates relevant resources developed by WHO and partner institutions, and its objectives are as follows:
provide tools and templates for implementation of key activities to strengthen delivery by the health system of the recommended minimum package of care for LF patients make information and tools accessible to national LF programs and health professionals around the world identify and resolve gaps in resourcesComponents focus on the following areas:
Planning, including patient estimation Capacity Building to Deliver MMDP Services Documentation of MMDP servicesWHO Guide
Completing the WHO Joint Application Package for NTDs
WHO provides orientation webinars (with Joint Application packages provided in English, French, and Spanish versions at this link) for national program managers and partners on how to complete the Joint Application Package for NTDs.
Resources and Tools
Neglected Tropical Diseases: Planning, requesting medicines and reporting via the Joint Application Package
Explanation of how the process of procuring donated medicines for PCT NTDs works along with links to download required forms. Source: WHO.