|
Estimates of populations living in areas potentially targetable with different MDA schemes
|
---|
IVM + ALB
|
IVM
|
IVM + ALB (E)a
|
IVM (E)a
|
ALB(2/year) + ITNa
|
IVM + ALB + ITN (E + MM)a
|
DEC + ALB + IVMb
|
IVM (E + MM)a
|
---|
Eastern Africa
|
8,413,869
|
20,963,598
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
45,192,922
|
–
|
Burundi
|
–
|
1,390,645
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Eritrea
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
104,459
|
–
|
Ethiopia
|
2,340,296
|
14,392,313
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1,161,307
|
–
|
Kenya
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1,045,022
|
–
|
Madagascar
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
13,557,237
|
–
|
Malawi
|
–
|
2,048,395
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Mozambique
|
493,510
|
742,771
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
10,369,358
|
–
|
Rwanda
|
–
|
38,195
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Uganda
|
1,426,558
|
2,174,834
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
992,624
|
–
|
Tanzania
|
4,153,505
|
176,445
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
10,262,625
|
–
|
Zambia
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
6,426,817
|
–
|
Zimbabwe
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1,273,473
|
–
|
Middle Africa
|
17,259,697
|
18,580,670
|
7,040,636
|
2,498,132
|
1,381,558
|
6,636,062
|
4,154,028
|
1,741,016
|
Angola
|
225,104
|
5,670,871
|
–
|
111,473
|
323
|
2314
|
116,774
|
244,993
|
Cameroon
|
3,064,962
|
435,486
|
1,270,793
|
245,554
|
331,363
|
1,548,497
|
635,665
|
251,586
|
CAR
|
555,240
|
5358
|
681,391
|
3062
|
697,014
|
756,080
|
60,605
|
33,118
|
Chad
|
1,139,547
|
857,065
|
476,212
|
25,770
|
–
|
211,614
|
363,059
|
–
|
Congo
|
37,729
|
3026
|
101,911
|
5767
|
39,154
|
29,242
|
27,589
|
9924
|
DRC
|
12,237,115
|
11,608,864
|
4,483,037
|
2,104,428
|
222,533
|
3744,58
|
2,950,335
|
1,038,597
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
–
|
–
|
27,293
|
–
|
91,172
|
343,735
|
–
|
–
|
Gabon
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2078
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
162,798
|
Northern Africa
|
3,045,672
|
3,046,221
|
509,869
|
18,858
|
19,263
|
208,310
|
4,688,564
|
8669
|
South Sudan
|
2,998,136
|
2,969,800
|
509,869
|
18,858
|
19,263
|
208,310
|
843,150
|
8669
|
Sudan
|
47,536
|
76,421
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
3,845,414
|
–
|
Western Africa
|
50,942,788
|
23,619,598
|
3,563,101
|
724,325
|
–
|
21,278
|
26,738,452
|
72,050
|
Benin
|
1,821,021
|
1,847,795
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
97,670
|
–
|
Burkina Faso
|
4,332,528
|
5,527,801
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Ghana
|
307,396
|
2,030,355
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
84,886
|
–
|
Guinea
|
3,390,416
|
227,213
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1,461,344
|
–
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
176,095
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
524,123
|
–
|
Liberia
|
42,021
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1,964,905
|
–
|
Mali
|
5,959,767
|
6758
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2,861,263
|
–
|
Mauritania
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
700,830
|
–
|
Niger
|
78,987
|
842,637
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
4,837,755
|
–
|
Nigeria
|
25,275,083
|
10,052,102
|
3,563,101
|
724,325
|
–
|
21,278
|
7,974,187
|
72,050
|
Senegal
|
412,921
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2,883,203
|
–
|
Sierra Leone
|
2,688,260
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
683,589
|
–
|
Togo
|
–
|
2,670,471
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Côte d’Ivoire
|
6,458,292
|
414,466
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2,664,695
|
–
|
Grand total
|
79,662,026
|
66,210,087
|
11,113,605
|
3,241,315
|
1,400,822
|
6,865,650
|
80,773,966
|
1,821,736
|
- aTest & Treat (measure Loiasis microfilaraemia load before treatment and exclude those with > 30,000 mf/ml)
- bTriple therapy with DEC is not yet recommended in countries where onchocerciasis is endemic. Re-evaluation of current endemicity is now considered in areas that were classified as hypoendemic by REMO mapping
- Abbreviations: ALB albendazole, CAR Central African Republic, DEC diethylcarbamazine, DRC Democratic Republic of Congo, E enhanced post-treatment monitoring for rapid determination of potential loiasis-related SAEs, IVM ivermectin, ITN insecticide-treated nets, MDA mass drug administration, MM medical monitoring at the community during 3–4 days after MDA; SAE severe adverse even