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Microplanning manual to guide implementation of preventive chemotherapy to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases

WHO Guide

Overview: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than 1 billion people globally, causing serious, long-term health effects. Therefore, timely and effective existing interventions reduce

October 6, 2022

Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas

WHO Report, WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record

Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: Advances in reaching the last endemic communities of the South Focus in the

September 30, 2022

Video: MDP’s 35th anniversary film series #9 – Momentum

Videos

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Mectizan donation all year with our series of new videos. Ninth: Momentum – The key to success in eliminating

September 7, 2022

MDP’s 35th anniversary film series – compilation of #1-6

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In October of 1987, Merck & Co., Inc.* committed to donating Mectizan—as much as needed, for as long as needed—with the goal to help

August 12, 2022

Video: MDP’s 35th anniversary film series #8 – Progress

MDP Blog, Videos

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Mectizan donation all year with our series of new videos. Eighth: Progress – Transmission of river blindness has declined

August 3, 2022

Monitoring & Evaluation: A Critical Step on the Road to Elimination

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) When national river blindness and LF elimination programs reach the point where they suspect transmission

July 11, 2022

Maintaining a Smooth-Running Supply Chain

Annual Highlights, MDP Blog

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) Mectizan is donated free of charge to eligible countries where river blindness and/or lymphatic filariasis

July 11, 2022

What’s Ahead for MDP

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) MDP is 100% committed to providing Mectizan for river blindness and lymphatic filariasis elimination in

July 11, 2022

Guyana Catches Up in Campaign to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) After being forced by the pandemic in 2020 to postpone distribution of treatments, in 2021

July 11, 2022

Even before the Pandemic, CDDs Were Experts at Overcoming Obstacles

Annual Highlights

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) Community drug distributors, known as CDDs, are the backbone of the Mectizan Donation Program. Each

July 11, 2022

The last mile is the longest

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) The World Health Organization (WHO) provides invaluable technical assistance along the road to river blindness

July 11, 2022

MDP Annual Highlights 2021: Mectizan Expert Committee activities in 2021

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) The Mectizan Donation Program was established in 1987 in part to serve as

July 11, 2022

2021: Resilience in the Face of Adversity – from MDP Director Dr. Yao Sodahlon

(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2021) The COVID-19 pandemic continued to be a challenge for all of us in 2021. Despite

July 11, 2022

Video: MDP’s 35th anniversary film series #7 – The Scale-Up

Videos

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Mectizan donation all year with our series of new videos. Seventh: The Scale-Up – Big problems require big solutions.

July 11, 2022

Video: MDP’s 35th anniversary film series #6 – The Expansion

Videos

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Mectizan donation all year with our series of new videos. Sixth: The Expansion – Lymphatic filariasis is added

June 28, 2022

Os Camarões e o programa de doação de Mectizan assinam acordo histórico para por fim às doenças tropicais negligenciadas

Português

(Click here to view this document in English.) YAOUNDÉ, 16 de junho de 2022 – Um novo acordo foi assinado conjuntamente pelo Ministério da

June 21, 2022

Cameroon and the Mectizan Donation Program sign historic agreement to end neglected tropical diseases

News

(Cliquez pour lire ce document en français.) YAOUNDE, June 16, 2022 A new agreement has been jointly signed by the Ministry of Public Health in

June 21, 2022

Le Cameroun et le Programme de Donation de Mectizan signent une convention historique pour mettre fin aux maladies tropicales négligées

Français

(Click here to view this document in English.) YAOUNDÉ, le 16 juin 2022 – Un nouvel accord a été conclu entre le ministère de

June 21, 2022

Le Dr Direny rejoint le Programme de Donation de Mectizan

Le Programme de Donation de Mectizan (PDM) souhaite la bienvenue au Dr Abdel Direny dans son rôle en tant que directeur adjoint. Le Dr

June 9, 2022

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