(Video: Five Billion Mectizan Treatments – The Americas) Os quatro primeiros países a eliminar a oncocercose com Mectizan estão nas Américas: Colômbia, Equador,
(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
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,
For decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) has played a key role in combating river blindness and lymphatic filariasis by providing leadership, coordinating partners,
River blindness and lymphatic filariasis (LF) are devastating parasitic diseases threatening millions of people worldwide. To interrupt transmission and achieve elimination, it is essential
After Mectizan was donated by Merck & Co., Inc.* for river blindness, other pharmaceutical companies began donating medicines for neglected tropical diseases, building on
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
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
Since the start of the Mectizan Donation Program in 1987, over 12 billion tablets have been donated for treatment of onchocerciasis (river blindness) and
The Global Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE) was officially launched in January 2023. Established by WHO, member states, and partners, GONE will serve as
In 2020, the World Health Organization announced the validation of Malawi having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. Here is the story of
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Mectizan donation all year with our series of new videos. Eleventh: Resilience Every year brings challenges. The pandemic introduced
