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.
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
Despite the ongoing civil war creating extremely difficult challenges to the NTD program, Yemen successfully eliminated LF as a public health problem in 2019.
(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2024) The Mectizan Expert Committee/Albendazole Coordination (MEC/AC) is the independent technical body of experts providing
(Un extrait des faits saillants annuels du Programme de Donation du Mectizan pour 2024) L’effort visant à éliminer la filariose lymphatique (FL) en tant
(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2024) The effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem in countries
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
Niger becomes the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate the transmission of onchocerciasis DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On 30
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
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 18(7): e0012312. Published July 22, 2024. Authors: Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, Sibabi Agoro, Kwamy Togbey, Koffi Padjoudoum, Ibrahim Gado
(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2023) In December 2023, a landmark $777 million pledge was announced for neglected tropical diseases
(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2023) The Shire River borders Malawi and Mozambique; the two countries must work together to
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 78, Issue Supplement_2, Pages S93–S100. Published April 25, 2024. Authors: Klodeta Kura, Wilma A Stolk, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Benjamin S Collyer,
Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 1;15(01):11-8. Published January 1, 2024. Authors: John FC Tomasouw, Christiana R Titaley, Maxwell LV Malakauseya, Nathalie E
