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MDP works with partners to end river blindness & lymphatic filariasis #beatNTDs
Mectizan Donation Program homepage
Mectizan Donation Program homepage
Celebrating 35 years in 2022, The Mectizan Donation Program is the longest-running Neglected Tropical Disease drug donation program.
2025 Annual Highlights of the Mectizan Donation Program
2025 Annual Highlights of the Mectizan Donation Program
2025: Celebrating Five Billion Mectizan Treatments…and Counting This annual report publication summarizes the accomplishments of the Mectizan Donation Program and its partners in 2025. (À venir : ce document en français.)
The Merck Mectizan Award – Mectizan Donation Program
The Merck Mectizan Award – Mectizan Donation Program
Webinar – From progress to sustainability: country-led integration for lasting NTD impact
Webinar – From progress to sustainability: country-led integration for lasting NTD impact
On the occasion of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2026, this webinar will highlight country-led progress against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and explore how integrating NTD interventions into broader health services and primary health care can strengthen sustainability, resilience and reach
Remembering Dr. William H. Foege – Mectizan Donation Program
Remembering Dr. William H. Foege – Mectizan Donation Program
Remembering Dr. Bill Foege 1936-2026 The Mectizan Donation Program joins the global health community in mourning the loss of Dr. William (Bill) Foege, who passed away on January 24, 2026. Following the 1987 donation of Mectizan for river blindness by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck CEO Dr. Roy Vagelos asked Dr. Foege to help launch […]
Faits saillants de l’année 2024 du PDM (édition française) – Mectizan Donation Program
Faits saillants de l’année 2024 du PDM (édition française) – Mectizan Donation Program
Héritage: Rendre hommage aux visionnaires…pour assurer l’avenir. Cette publication résume les réalisations du Programme de Donation du Mectizan et de ses partenaires en 2024. (Click here to view this document in English.)
2024 Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights – Mectizan Donation Program
2024 Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights – Mectizan Donation Program
Mectizan Donation Program Notes – Spring/Summer 2025 – Mectizan Donation Program
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 to meet with our many partners including national neglected tropical disease (NTD) programs, WHO, NGOs, donors, and others as we work together to eliminate river […]
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2023 Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights – Mectizan Donation Program
2023 Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights – Mectizan Donation Program
MDP 2023: A Year of Momentum. This annual report publication summarizes the accomplishments of the Mectizan Donation Program and its partners in 2023. (Cliquez pour lire ce document en français.)
Mectizan Expert Committee visits MSD Haarlem (posted 8/22/2024)
Mectizan Expert Committee visits MSD Haarlem (posted 8/22/2024)
In 2022, the MSD factory in the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands produced a record one billion tablets for shipment in a single year. To mark the occasion, in April 2023 MDP and members of the Mectizan Expert Committee traveled there to meet MSD employees responsible for the manufacture of Mectizan. MSD President, SVP, […]
Video: How Malawi beat lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis (posted 8/20/2024)
Video: How Malawi beat lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis (posted 8/20/2024)
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 how Malawi gathered the political will to harness the power of the Mectizan donation for this ambitious goal. Malawi’s longtime NTDs and LF program manager, Mr. Square Mkwanda, and Togo’s former […]
Cross-border Collaboration Is Key to River Blindness Elimination – Mectizan Donation Program
Cross-border Collaboration Is Key to River Blindness Elimination – Mectizan Donation Program
(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2023) The Shire River borders Malawi and Mozambique; the two countries must work together to achieve success in elimination. Sénégal stopped treatment for river blindness country-wide in 2022 and has begun the three-year post-treatment surveillance (PTS) phase for verifying elimination of river blindness. If Sénégal passes […]
Faits saillants de l’année 2023 du PDM (édition française)
Faits saillants de l’année 2023 du PDM (édition française)
PDM 2023 : Accélération des progrès. Cette publication résume les réalisations du Programme de Donation du Mectizan et de ses partenaires en 2023. (Click here to view this document in English.)
Getting Mectizan to the End of the Road in the Amazon
Getting Mectizan to the End of the Road in the Amazon
Climate change, malaria and neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review
Climate change, malaria and neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review
Smiley Movement Charity Film Awards entry (posted 3/20/2024)
Smiley Movement Charity Film Awards entry (posted 3/20/2024)
Eliminating Disease with Mectizan — The Origin (posted 1/30/2024)
Eliminating Disease with Mectizan — The Origin (posted 1/30/2024)
Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - Total Coverage (posted 1/30/2024)
Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - Total Coverage (posted 1/30/2024)
How do millions of Mectizan pills reach the hands of those who need them? River blindness and LF are largely found in hard-to-reach rural areas. For the dise...
Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - The Last Mile (posted 1/30/2024)
Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - The Last Mile (posted 1/30/2024)
Global donors pledge over US$777 million to defeat neglected tropical diseases and improve the lives of 1.6 billion people at COP28 (2023-12-11)
Global donors pledge over US$777 million to defeat neglected tropical diseases and improve the lives of 1.6 billion people at COP28 (2023-12-11)
Episode 5: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan—The Last Mile
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Episode 5: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan—The Last Mile
Episode 4: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - Making an Impact
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Episode 4: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - Making an Impact
Episode 3: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - Total Coverage
Episode 3: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - Total Coverage
Episode 2: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - The Journey Begins
Episode 2: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan - The Journey Begins
Episode 1: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan — The Origin
Episode 1: Eliminating Disease with Mectizan — The Origin
Mectizan Donation Program: 35 Years of Milestones
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Mectizan Donation Program: 35 Years of Milestones
Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress report, 2022 – Mectizan Donation Program
Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress report, 2022 – Mectizan Donation Program
Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas – Mectizan Donation Program
Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas – Mectizan Donation Program
Malawi's Elimination of LF Protects Future Generations – Mectizan Donation Program
Malawi's Elimination of LF Protects Future Generations – Mectizan Donation Program
2022 Annual Highlights of the Mectizan Donation Program
2022 Annual Highlights of the Mectizan Donation Program
Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)
Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)
GONE video (posted 2/13/2023)
GONE video (posted 2/13/2023)
18.9m Nigerians Saved From River Blindness (posted 2/1/2023)
18.9m Nigerians Saved From River Blindness (posted 2/1/2023)
Video: Malawi ends lymphatic filariasis (posted 1/30/2023)
Video: Malawi ends lymphatic filariasis (posted 1/30/2023)
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Sudan - 1997 (posted 11/10/22)
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Sudan - 1997 (posted 11/10/22)
Celebrating 35 Years of the Mectizan Donation Program (MDP): Q&A with River Blindness Experts - The Task Force for Global Health (posted 11/2/22)
Celebrating 35 Years of the Mectizan Donation Program (MDP): Q&A with River Blindness Experts - The Task Force for Global Health (posted 11/2/22)
Article: Merck offers free distribution of new river blindness drug (posted 10/18/22)
Article: Merck offers free distribution of new river blindness drug (posted 10/18/22)
Milestones – Mectizan Donation Program (posted 9/28/22)
Milestones – Mectizan Donation Program (posted 9/28/22)
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Mali - 1996 (posted 9/15/22)
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Mali - 1996 (posted 9/15/22)
What’s Ahead for MDP (posted 8/30/22)
What’s Ahead for MDP (posted 8/30/22)
Even before the Pandemic, CDDs Were Experts at Overcoming Obstacles (posted 8/26/22)
Even before the Pandemic, CDDs Were Experts at Overcoming Obstacles (posted 8/26/22)
Mectizan Expert Committee activities in 2021 (posted 8/23/22)
Mectizan Expert Committee activities in 2021 (posted 8/23/22)
Maintaining a Smooth-Running Supply Chain (posted 8/18/22)
Maintaining a Smooth-Running Supply Chain (posted 8/18/22)
Where We Work (posted 8/16/22)
Where We Work (posted 8/16/22)
The last mile is the longest (posted 8/11/22)
The last mile is the longest (posted 8/11/22)
MDP 2021 Annual Highlights
MDP 2021 Annual Highlights
Guyana Catches Up in Campaign to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (posted 8/4/2022)– Mectizan Donation Program
Guyana Catches Up in Campaign to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (posted 8/4/2022)– Mectizan Donation Program
Monitoring & Evaluation: A Critical Step on the Road to Elimination (posted 8/2/2022) – Mectizan Donation Program
Monitoring & Evaluation: A Critical Step on the Road to Elimination (posted 8/2/2022) – Mectizan Donation Program
2021: Resilience in the Face of Adversity (posted 7/21/2022)
2021: Resilience in the Face of Adversity (posted 7/21/2022)
IDA "triple therapy" against LF (posted 7/20/2022)
IDA "triple therapy" against LF (posted 7/20/2022)
Le Cameroun et le Programme de Donation de Mectizan signent une convention historique pour mettre fin aux MTN (posted 7/15/22)
Le Cameroun et le Programme de Donation de Mectizan signent une convention historique pour mettre fin aux MTN (posted 7/15/22)
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Uganda - 2001 (posted 7/7/22)
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Uganda - 2001 (posted 7/7/22)
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) (posted 6/22/2022)
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) (posted 6/22/2022)
Faits saillants de l’année 2021 du PDM (édition française)
Faits saillants de l’année 2021 du PDM (édition française)
Our NGO Partners
Our NGO Partners
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Ghana (posted 4/14/22)
WHO Photo Gallery - Onchocerciasis in Ghana (posted 4/14/22)
It's Time To Stamp Out Oncho! (posted 3/17/22)
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It's Time To Stamp Out Oncho! (posted 3/17/22)
MSD and the Mectizan Donation Program Donate $500,000 to Strengthen Laboratory Capacity to support Onchocerciasis Elimination in Africa
MSD and the Mectizan Donation Program Donate $500,000 to Strengthen Laboratory Capacity to support Onchocerciasis Elimination in Africa
The Medicines (posted 2/28/2022)
The Medicines (posted 2/28/2022)
Treatments for River Blindness (posted 2/21/2022)
Treatments for River Blindness (posted 2/21/2022)
Job Openings at MDP
Job Openings at MDP
GLIDE video "Onchocerciasis: The long haul"
GLIDE video "Onchocerciasis: The long haul"
GLIDE video "Beyond Borders in Dominican Republic & Haiti"
GLIDE video "Beyond Borders in Dominican Republic & Haiti"
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