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01 October 1998

The Global 2000 River Blindness Program of the Carter Center Volume 10
From January to August 1998, Global 2000 River Blindness Program (GRBP)-assisted programs in the Americas, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda used ivermectin (Mectizan®, Merck & Co) to treat 4,900,321 persons. This represents 84% of the GRBP 1998 annual treatment objective for the eligible at risk population (ATOearp).

Table 1 (PDF)

Onchoceriasis: 1998 Mectizan treatment figures for GRBP-assisted areas in Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, and collaborative programs in Latin America and Sudan (PDF)

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