November 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Celebrating 5️⃣ billion Mectizan treatments donated donated to fight river blindness & lymphatic filariasis. The 1987 donation by Merck sparked one of global health's most successful public-private partnerships. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF ⬇️ https://vimeo.com/1133144791?fl=pl&fe=sh
Five Billion Mectizan Treatments - The Power of Partnership
This year we are celebrating 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated for countries fighting river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. The 1987 donation of Mectizan…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Celebrating 5️⃣ billion Mectizan treatments donated donated to fight river blindness & lymphatic filariasis. The 1987 donation by Merck sparked one of global health's most successful public-private partnerships. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF ⬇️ https://vimeo.com/1133144791?fl=pl&fe=sh
We're 38! In 1987 Merck & Co., Inc. announced the historic donation of Mectizan to end river blindness (LF was added in 1998). Today more than 5 billion treatments have been donated…and counting. Millions of people are no longer at risk. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF #beatNTDs 📸 Julio Johnson
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We're 38! In 1987 Merck & Co., Inc. announced the historic donation of Mectizan to end river blindness (LF was added in 1998). Today more than 5 billion treatments have been donated…and counting. Millions of people are no longer at risk. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF #beatNTDs 📸 Julio Johnson
"Since 2021, the number of Tanzanians requiring preventive chemotherapy for the 5 targeted NTDs...has dropped by 76 percent" #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustaina...
Neglected diseases: Tanzania’s fight against a silent threat
Lymphatic filariasis has long challenged Tanzania, peaking between 2006 and 2015 in 119 councils nationwide.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Since 2021, the number of Tanzanians requiring preventive chemotherapy for the 5 targeted NTDs...has dropped by 76 percent" #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustaina...
🇬🇭Ghana has begun MDA, covering 79 onchocerciasis-endemic districts in 15 regions, targeting about 6.3 million people. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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GHS begins MDA to combat NTDs - Ghanaian Times
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commenced a nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) exercise to combat three Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs); onchocerciasis (river blindness), lymphatic filari...
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September 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🇬🇭Ghana has begun MDA, covering 79 onchocerciasis-endemic districts in 15 regions, targeting about 6.3 million people. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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River blindness and LF are devastating parasitic diseases threatening millions of people worldwide. This video shows how partners work together to achieve the high coverage required to make river blindness & LF a thing of the past. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF #beatNTDs vimeo.com/1113616658?s...
Five Billion Mectizan Treatments - High Coverage
This year we’re celebrating 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated for countries fighting river blindness and lymphatic filariasis (LF). River blindness and…
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September 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
River blindness and LF are devastating parasitic diseases threatening millions of people worldwide. This video shows how partners work together to achieve the high coverage required to make river blindness & LF a thing of the past. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF #beatNTDs vimeo.com/1113616658?s...
#beatNTDs The Mectizan Expert Committee provides oversight for the Mectizan Donation Program. Meets regularly to review applications, hear from partners, and discuss emerging issues. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
Learn more about the MEC's activities in 2024 >> https://bit.ly/45stVZG
Learn more about the MEC's activities in 2024 >> https://bit.ly/45stVZG
August 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#beatNTDs The Mectizan Expert Committee provides oversight for the Mectizan Donation Program. Meets regularly to review applications, hear from partners, and discuss emerging issues. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
Learn more about the MEC's activities in 2024 >> https://bit.ly/45stVZG
Learn more about the MEC's activities in 2024 >> https://bit.ly/45stVZG
“Guyana is undoubtedly a leading force in public health in the Region of the Americas,” said Dr. Kim Eva Dickson, PAHO-WHO Representative. “Guyana’s commitment to eliminating lymphatic filariasis is a model for other countries." #beatNTDs #EliminateLF www.paho.org/en/news/7-8-...
Guyana’s Fight Against Lymphatic Filariasis: A Story of Hope, Leadership, and Community
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – 7 AUGUST 2025 -In a brightly lit training room in Georgetown, healthcare workers from across Guyana gathered with a shared mission: to contribute towards the elimination of lympha...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Guyana is undoubtedly a leading force in public health in the Region of the Americas,” said Dr. Kim Eva Dickson, PAHO-WHO Representative. “Guyana’s commitment to eliminating lymphatic filariasis is a model for other countries." #beatNTDs #EliminateLF www.paho.org/en/news/7-8-...
MDP Highlights of 2024: Thanks to hard work by countries and the generosity of Merck* and GSK, the effort to #EliminateLF in countries where it's co-endemic with river blindness has made great progress in the past 25 years. #beatNTDs ▶️ Find out more at mectizan.org/news_resourc...
A Quarter-Century of Impact: The Joint Effort to End Lymphatic Filariasis – Mectizan Donation Program
(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 co-endemic with river blindness in ...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
MDP Highlights of 2024: Thanks to hard work by countries and the generosity of Merck* and GSK, the effort to #EliminateLF in countries where it's co-endemic with river blindness has made great progress in the past 25 years. #beatNTDs ▶️ Find out more at mectizan.org/news_resourc...
Yet to be effective, treatments must consistently reach every person who is at risk. To meet the challenge, a system was devised to develop local talent and to leverage the power of relationships. 2/3 #EliminateLF
July 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yet to be effective, treatments must consistently reach every person who is at risk. To meet the challenge, a system was devised to develop local talent and to leverage the power of relationships. 2/3 #EliminateLF
@who.int 🇳🇵To accelerate the elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem by 2030, Nepal launched a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign in high-burden areas of Banke district, Lumbini Province. #beatNTDs #EliminateLF www.who.int/nepal/news/d...
Nepal strengthens lymphatic filariasis elimination efforts through innovative mass drug administration (MDA) strategies
To accelerate the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem by 2030, Nepal launched a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign in high-burden areas of Banke district, Lumbini ...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@who.int 🇳🇵To accelerate the elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem by 2030, Nepal launched a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign in high-burden areas of Banke district, Lumbini Province. #beatNTDs #EliminateLF www.who.int/nepal/news/d...
MDP Highlights of 2024: By the end of MDP's 37th year, over 406 million Mectizan treatments had been approved to eliminate river blindness (onchocerciasis) and lymphatic filariasis in 36 countries. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF ▶️ Learn more: mectizan.org/news_resourc...
July 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
MDP Highlights of 2024: By the end of MDP's 37th year, over 406 million Mectizan treatments had been approved to eliminate river blindness (onchocerciasis) and lymphatic filariasis in 36 countries. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF ▶️ Learn more: mectizan.org/news_resourc...
We’re celebrating 5️⃣ billion Mectizan treatments donated to #EliminateLF & #StampOutOncho. Our country partners have faced many obstacles over the years, including civil strife, complex logistics, funding gaps. In this video, learn how 🇹🇬 Togo is meeting the challenge. #beatNTDs vimeo.com/1096950911
Five Billion Mectizan Treatments - Determination
This year we’re celebrating 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated to end river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. Our partners have faced many obstacles over…
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June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We’re celebrating 5️⃣ billion Mectizan treatments donated to #EliminateLF & #StampOutOncho. Our country partners have faced many obstacles over the years, including civil strife, complex logistics, funding gaps. In this video, learn how 🇹🇬 Togo is meeting the challenge. #beatNTDs vimeo.com/1096950911
@nickkristof.bsky.social @nytimes.com : The Waste Musk Created
#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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Opinion | The Waste Musk Created
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June 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@nickkristof.bsky.social @nytimes.com : The Waste Musk Created
#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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It's been a busy time at the Mectizan Donation Program as we've joined partners in celebrating five billion Mectizan treatments donated since 1987 to eliminate river blindness & lymphatic filariasis. Here's the latest news from MDP. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF mectizan.org/news_resourc...
Mectizan Donation Program Notes – Spring/Summer 2025 – Mectizan Donation Program
It’s been a busy year at the Mectizan Donation Program as we’ve traveled the world celebrating five billion Mectizan treatments donated since 1987. We have been especially grateful for opportunities t...
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June 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's been a busy time at the Mectizan Donation Program as we've joined partners in celebrating five billion Mectizan treatments donated since 1987 to eliminate river blindness & lymphatic filariasis. Here's the latest news from MDP. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF mectizan.org/news_resourc...
Saporta Report : Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis finds a home in Atlanta at @taskforce.bsky.social
#EliminateLF #BeatNTDs
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#EliminateLF #BeatNTDs
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The unheard win for public health - SaportaReport
Read The unheard win for public health by Mark Lannaman for SaportaReport here.
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June 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Saporta Report : Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis finds a home in Atlanta at @taskforce.bsky.social
#EliminateLF #BeatNTDs
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#EliminateLF #BeatNTDs
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Now available! MDP's Annual Highlights for 2024, a report of Mectizan Donation Program activities in the past year, including progress reports in the campaigns to #StampOutOncho , #EliminateLF , and #beatNTDs
bit.ly/452pBAG
bit.ly/452pBAG
2024 Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights – Mectizan Donation Program
The Mectizan Donation Program in 2024 LEGACY—Honoring the visionaries to secure the future. This annual report publication summarizes the accomplishments of the Mectizan Donation Program and its partn...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Now available! MDP's Annual Highlights for 2024, a report of Mectizan Donation Program activities in the past year, including progress reports in the campaigns to #StampOutOncho , #EliminateLF , and #beatNTDs
bit.ly/452pBAG
bit.ly/452pBAG
Almost ready for the 73rd meeting of the Mectizan Expert Committee/Albendazole Coordination. With a packed schedule, the 8 members of the committee will hear from MDP, @who.int and invited guests about issues relating to the distribution of Mectizan to #beatNTDs #eliminateLF and #StampOutOncho
May 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Almost ready for the 73rd meeting of the Mectizan Expert Committee/Albendazole Coordination. With a packed schedule, the 8 members of the committee will hear from MDP, @who.int and invited guests about issues relating to the distribution of Mectizan to #beatNTDs #eliminateLF and #StampOutOncho
🗓️ 27 May @who.int #SEARO webinar for national program managers & key stakeholders on the latest guidance on M&E and diagnostics for LF elimination. Insights into new methodologies, implementation challenges, best practices to strengthen LF programs. #beatNTDs #EliminateLF
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Webinar Series: Updates on Global Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Manual and Diagnostics in the Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme
Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) remains a major public health concern in the South-East Asia Region, requiring continuous efforts to achieve its elimination as a public health problem. Monitoring, evaluatio...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🗓️ 27 May @who.int #SEARO webinar for national program managers & key stakeholders on the latest guidance on M&E and diagnostics for LF elimination. Insights into new methodologies, implementation challenges, best practices to strengthen LF programs. #beatNTDs #EliminateLF
www.who.int/southeastasi...
www.who.int/southeastasi...
#GAELF 🎉 Welcome to the Task Force! #eliminateLF #beatNTDs @taskforce.bsky.social www.taskforce.org/task-force-w...
Task Force Welcomes Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) - The Task Force for Global Health
The Task Force for Global Health is excited to be the new secretariat for the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF). For 25 years, GAELF has mobilized political, financial and tech...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#GAELF 🎉 Welcome to the Task Force! #eliminateLF #beatNTDs @taskforce.bsky.social www.taskforce.org/task-force-w...
Congratulations to @dolfproject.bsky.social on 15 years of research to eliminate river blindness and lymphatic filariasis! #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF dolfproject.wustl.edu
Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis
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May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Congratulations to @dolfproject.bsky.social on 15 years of research to eliminate river blindness and lymphatic filariasis! #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF dolfproject.wustl.edu
African health experts have renewed commitment to accelerate efforts to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that continue to affect over a billion people globally, 40% of whom live in the African region.
#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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African health experts commit to accelerate efforts to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases - World
News and Press Release in English on World about Health; published on 18 Apr 2025 by WHO
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April 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
African health experts have renewed commitment to accelerate efforts to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that continue to affect over a billion people globally, 40% of whom live in the African region.
#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
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Télévision Togolaise provided a report of the celebration of 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated by Merck to eliminate river blindness & lymphatic filariasis around the world. 🇹🇬Togo has already eliminated LF! #nonAuxMTN #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF www.youtube.com/live/LHwDp_E...
April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Télévision Togolaise provided a report of the celebration of 5 billion Mectizan treatments donated by Merck to eliminate river blindness & lymphatic filariasis around the world. 🇹🇬Togo has already eliminated LF! #nonAuxMTN #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF www.youtube.com/live/LHwDp_E...
“Thanks to this programme, you can never find someone who has these diseases in my community. But my worry now, if this programme is stopped, is the worst might happen.”
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#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘Some of these diseases are in the Bible’: despair as cuts halt progress on age-old tropical illnesses
They are debilitating afflictions that people don’t know about, don’t understand and struggle to pronounce. Now health workers fear they will surge in Africa as USAID-funded drug distribution programm...
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April 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Thanks to this programme, you can never find someone who has these diseases in my community. But my worry now, if this programme is stopped, is the worst might happen.”
@helenkellerintl.org
#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@helenkellerintl.org
#beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Strengthening multi-disease elimination and cross-border collaboration: 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 🇹🇱Timor-Leste’s collaborative approach in eliminating malaria and lymphatic filariasis #beatNTDs #eliminateLF www.who.int/southeastasi...
Indonesia and Timor-Leste’s joint capacity building workshop on malaria and lymphatic filariasis elimination
Held in Kupang, Indonesia, from 11–14 February 2025, this workshop marked a significant step towards multi-disease elimination in the WHO South-East Asia Region. Organized by WHO and the Ministries of...
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March 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Strengthening multi-disease elimination and cross-border collaboration: 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 🇹🇱Timor-Leste’s collaborative approach in eliminating malaria and lymphatic filariasis #beatNTDs #eliminateLF www.who.int/southeastasi...