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Countries needing preventative chemotherapy for neglected diseases worldwide 2015

Number of countries worldwide that required preventative chemotherapy for select neglected tropical diseases in 2015

The data displays the number of countries worldwide that required preventative chemotherapy for select neglected tropical diseases as of 2015. As of that time, around 42 countries needed preventative chemotherapy for trachoma.

Soil-transmitted helminthiases 102
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) 54
Schistosomiasis (snail fever) 52
Trachoma 42
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) 31