Figure 4

Treatments with Mectizan Approved for Onchocerciasis (Mass Treatment Programs Only) by Region, 2005. The figure on top of each bar refers to the number of treatments (in millions) with Mectizan approved for delivery via mass treatment programs for onchocerciasis for the particular region or country indicated. All treatment approval figures have been rounded to the nearest 100,000, with the exception of that for Yemen (rounded to the nearest 10,000). The year of treatment approval may be different from the year during which treatments actually occurred.