Table 2.
GPELF MDA treatments (2000–2014)
WHO region | GPELF countries (2000–2014)a | Pre-control number at-risk of infection (millions)b | Minimum number treated 2000–2014 (millions)c |
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AMRO | Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti. | 14 | 10 |
AFRO | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Togo, Uganda. | 425 | 191 |
EMRO | Egypt, Sudan Yemen. | 23 | 3 |
WPRO | American Samoa, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fed. States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Marshall Islands, Malaysia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna. | 45 | 24 |
SEARO | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste. | 902 | 536 |
All Regions | 61 countries in total d | 1409 | 763 |
AMRO Region of the Americas, AFRO African Region, EMRO Eastern Mediterranean Region, WPRO Western Pacific Region, SEARO South-East Asia Region
aCountries that started since 2007 are indicated in bold
cA conservative approach was taken and the number of uniquely treated individuals in any one country was assumed to be the maximum number of individuals treated in any single MDA for each country
d Palau has passed the TAS survey but never started MDA so is not included