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. 2012 Mar 20;6(3):e1574. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001574

Table 3. Annual number of persons treated and treatment coverage for the targeted NTDs.

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010a
LF
No of persons treated 511,416 2,216,705 4,527,977 5,445,651 9,762,073 10,047,125
Program coverage (%) 103.9 97.6 94.9 84.7 91.5 91.1
National coverage (%) 4.4 18.5 36.8 43.1 75.3 66.8
Onchocerciasis
No of persons treated 1,587,000 1,734,586 1,635,416 1,701,300 3,069,804 3,387,412
Program coverage (%) 101.8 101.6 94.5 78.7 103.8 90.0
National coverage (%) 39.6 42.2 38.7 39.3 69.0 65.9
Trachoma
No of persons treated 3,334,845 5,383,845 1,767,877 5,537,302 6,416,637 3,145,826
Program coverage (%) 79.8 104.9 78.6 76.2 78.5 97.2
National coverage (%) 32.4 51.2 16.5 50.4 57.2 23.9
Schistosomiasis
No of persons treated 2,598,138 2,174,940 895,343 2,551,995 1,796,586 4,526,684
(No of SACb treated) (1,948,964) (1,627,240) (384,104) (1,468,410) (1,148,733) (2,704,918)
Program coverage (%) 50.0 40.1 47.8 58.2 71.4 69.5
(Program coverage SAC (%)) (99.0) (80.8) (72.7) (100.7) (92.9) (88.8)
National coverage (%) 22.2 18.1 7.3 20.2 13.9 30.1
(National coverage SAC (%)) (55.6) (45.2) (10.4) (38.8) (29.5) (60.0)
STH
No of persons treated 2,598,138 2,174,940 4,427,977 5,445,651 9,762,073 10,047,125
Program coverage (%) 48.8 40.5 94.9 84.7 91.5 91.1
National coverage (%) 22.2 18.1 36.8 43.1 75.3 66.8
a

Population in 2010 was projected according to the 2009 census while populations for previous years were projected according to the 2000 census.

b

SAC – school-age children.