A Global Effort
Our Country Partners
In 2022 we partnered with 31 countries (or regions) in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, and the Western Pacific to distribute Mectizan® for the elimination of onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis (LF). A total of 377.8 million treatments were approved. This total included 316.1 million treatments in countries where LF and river blindness are co-endemic and 61.6 million treatments in 6 countries implementing “triple therapy,” also known as IDA (which stands for ivermectin [Mectizan], diethylcarbamazine [DEC], and albendazole).
Mectizan has been sent to 58 countries since the donation was announced in 1987.
| County/Territory | Status |
|---|---|
| American Samoa | LF treatment ongoing |
| Angola | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Benin | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Brazil | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Burkina Faso | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Burundi | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Cameroon | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Central African Republic | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Chad | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Colombia | River blindness eliminated |
| Comoros | LF treatment ongoing |
| Congo | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| 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 (Mectizan was used to clear up hotspots after Egypt was validated to be free of LF) |
| Equatorial Guinea | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Eritrea | LF treatment ongoing |
| Ethiopia | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Fiji | LF treatment ongoing |
| French Polynesia | LF treatment ongoing |
| Gabon | River blindness & LF treatment not started |
| Ghana | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Guatemala | River blindness eliminated |
| Guinea | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Guinea-Bissau | 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 |
| Liberia | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Madagascar | LF treatment ongoing |
| Malawi | River blindness treatment ongoing; LF eliminated |
| Malaysia | LF treatment ongoing |
| Mali | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Mexico | River blindness eliminated |
| Mozambique | LF treatment ongoing (co-endemic with river blindness) |
| Myanmar | LF treatment ongoing |
| Nepal | LF treatment ongoing |
| New Caledonia | LF treatment ongoing |
| Niger | LF treatment ongoing (co-endemic with river blindness) |
| Nigeria | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Papua New Guinea | LF treatment ongoing |
| Philippines | LF treatment ongoing |
| Samoa | 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 |
| Sudan | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Tanzania | River blindness & LF treatment ongoing |
| Timor-Leste | LF treatment ongoing |
| Togo | River blindness treatment ongoing; LF eliminated |
| Tuvalu | LF treatment ongoing |
| Uganda | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Venezuela | River blindness treatment ongoing |
| Yemen | River blindness treatment ongoing; LF eliminated |