This year we’re celebrating 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated to end river blindness and lymphatic filariasis (LF). Our country partners have faced many obstacles
On World NTD Day in January, MDP and Merck* co-hosted an event marking an extraordinary milestone: 5 Billion Mectizan Treatments Donated…and Counting. The event,
On January 30, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, commonly known as
On May 20th, MDP and *Merck co-hosted a side event in Geneva, Switzerland, during the World Health Assembly to bring stakeholders together including ministers
The Mectizan Donation Program in 2024 LEGACY—Honoring the visionaries to secure the future. This annual report publication summarizes the accomplishments of the Mectizan Donation
This year we’re celebrating an amazing 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated to end river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. A milestone this momentous merits a
This year we’re celebrating 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated to end river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. The bold donation of Mectizan “as much as
This year we’re celebrating 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated for countries fighting river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. In 1987 former Merck CEO Roy Vagelos
Niger becomes the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the transmission of onchocerciasis DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On 30
This ancient disease has a huge economic impact in endemic areas, including substantially reducing productivity and household welfare and increasing health-related expenditures. The World
Contains: Summary of preventive chemotherapy (PC) in 2023 WHO’s NTD medicine donation programme Establishment of the Global Coordination and Stewardship Committee (GCSC) Establishment of
Timor-Leste eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem DECATUR, Ga., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Mectizan Donation Program applauds Timor-Leste for
Timor-Leste Eliminates LF Using Triple Therapy Congratulations to the people of Timor-Leste, the first country to achieve elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) using the
Weekly epidemiological record 11 October 2024 No 41, 2024, 99, 577–590 At least 249.5 million people in 28 countries require interventions to eliminate onchocerciasis.
Weekly Epidemiological Record 4 October 2024 No 40, 2024, 99, 565–576 This annual report from the World Health Organization provides the following information: Achievements
Weekly epidemiological record 27 September 2024 No 39, 2024, 99, 545–564 Report from the InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis (IACO) 2023 Contains information about ivermectin
