A Global Effort
Our Country Partners
In 2020 we partnered with 45 countries (or regions) in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America to distribute Mectizan® for the elimination of river blindness (also known as onchocerciasis) and lymphatic filariasis (LF).
A total of 416.8 million treatments were approved, a significant increase from 2019. This total included 355.3 million treatments in countries where LF and river blindness are co-endemic and 61.5 million treatments in 13 countries implementing “triple therapy,” also known as IDA (which stands for ivermectin [Mectizan], diethylcarbamazine [DEC], and albendazole).
Country/Region | Status |
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American Samoa | LF treatment ongoing |
Angola | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Benin | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Brazil | River blindness treatment ongoing |
Burkina Faso | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Burundi | River blindness treatment ongoing |
Cambodia | LF eliminated |
Cameroon | River blindness treatment ongoing |
Central African Republic | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Chad | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Colombia | River blindness eliminated |
Congo | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Cook Islands | LF eliminated |
Côte d'Ivoire | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Ecuador | River blindness eliminated |
Egypt | LF eliminated |
Ethiopia | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Fiji | LF treatment ongoing |
Ghana | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Guatemala | River blindness eliminated |
Guinea | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Guyana | LF treatment ongoing |
Haiti | LF treatment ongoing |
India | LF treatment ongoing |
Indonesia | LF treatment ongoing |
Kenya | LF treatment ongoing |
Kiribati | LF eliminated |
Liberia | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Malawi | River blindness treatment ongoing; LF eliminated |
Malaysia | LF treatment ongoing |
Mali | River blindness treatment ongoing |
Marshall Islands | LF eliminated |
Mexico | River blindness eliminated |
Mozambique | LF treatment ongoing |
Niger | LF treatment ongoing |
Nigeria | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Niue | LF eliminated |
Palau | LF eliminated |
Papua New Guinea | LF treatment ongoing |
São Tomé and Príncipe | LF treatment ongoing |
Senegal | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Sierra Leone | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
South Sudan | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Sri Lanka | LF eliminated |
Sudan | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Tanzania | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Thailand | LF eliminated |
Timor-Leste | LF treatment ongoing |
Togo | River blindness treatment ongoing; LF eliminated |
Tuvalu | LF treatment ongoing |
Uganda | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
Vanuatu | LF eliminated |
Venezuela | River blindness treatment ongoing |
Vietnam | LF eliminated |
Wallis and Futuna | LF eliminated |
Yemen | River blindness treatment ongoing |