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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |