Célébration d’un jalon historique : cinq milliards de traitements… et ça continue. Cette publication résume les réalisations du Programme de Donation du Mectizan et
The Mectizan Donation Program in 2025 Celebrating Five Billion Mectizan Treatments…and CountingThis annual report publication summarizes the accomplishments of the Mectizan Donation Program and
Sustaining the gains achieved in the control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) requires surveillance systems capable of detecting recrudescence and guiding
Announcing New Mectizan Expert Committee Members The Mectizan Expert Committee/Albendazole Coordination (MEC/AC) provides technical oversight of the Mectizan Donation Program, ensuring that the donated
Weekly epidemiological record 6 February 2026 No 4/6, 2026, 13-22 In 2025, global efforts to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through large-scale
Remembering Dr. Bill Foege 1936-2026 The Mectizan Donation Program joins the global health community in mourning the loss of Dr. William (Bill) Foege, who
Report from the InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis XXXV In November, MDP participated in the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) 35th InterAmerican Conference
These are some journal articles published on topics relating to onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis by members of the Mectizan Expert Committee/Albendazole Coordination in 2025.
(Video: Five Billion Mectizan Treatments – The Americas) Os quatro primeiros países a eliminar a oncocercose com Mectizan estão nas Américas: Colômbia, Equador,
This toolkit aims to provide guidance to national and district NTD programs, partner organizations, researchers, and communities on never treatment. The toolkit chapters address
(Video: Five Billion Mectizan Treatments – The Americas) Los primeros cuatro países en eliminar la oncocercosis con Mectizan se encuentran en las Américas: Colombia,
Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico were the first four countries in the world to eliminate river blindness with Mectizan, freeing more than 450,000 people
Merck Commemorates 5 Billion Mectizan® Treatments Donated Over 38 Years November 17, 2025 6:45 am EST Extension of Mectizan Donation for Triple Therapy Advances
The 1987 donation of Mectizan by Merck* for river blindness sparked one of global health’s most successful public-private partnerships. Collaboration among governments, NGOs, WHO,
Five Billion Mectizan Treatments Donated…and Counting: Merck & Co., Inc.’s* Dr. Allison Goldberg Interviews with Devex and the END Fund Devex In her interview with
Despite the ongoing civil war creating extremely difficult challenges to the NTD program, Yemen successfully eliminated LF as a public health problem in 2019.
