Liberia launches mass drug campaign against three parasitic diseases
The health ministry launched its 2026 mass drug-administration campaign in Sinje, targeting river blindness and two other parasitic diseases, with county coverage varying by disease.
Event / data period: 2026-10-13
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Liberia’s Ministry of Health launched its 2026 mass drug-administration campaign on Oct. 13 in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County. It targets onchocerciasis, which can cause river blindness, lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted intestinal worms. The ministry set targets of all 15 counties for onchocerciasis, four named counties for lymphatic filariasis, and nine counties for intestinal worms.
The ministry says people aged five and older are eligible for designated treatments. Assistant Minister for Preventive Health Services Cuallau Jabbeh-Howe urged residents in target communities to cooperate with health workers and take part in the exercise. The WHO Liberia representative said the organization would continue supplying medicines free of charge for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. The announcement gives no budget, recipient total or treatment outcome; its county figures describe planned reach, not completed coverage.
Data
Planned scope of the drug-administration campaign
These are target scopes stated by the health ministry, not achieved results.
| Onchocerciasis (river blindness) | 15 | All 15 counties; the ministry did not enumerate them in the release. |
| Lymphatic filariasis | 4 | Grand Cape Mount, Grand Kru, Maryland, and Sinoe. |
| Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (intestinal worms) | 9 | Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Kru, Lofa, Maryland, Nimba, and Sinoe. |
Methodology
County counts are transcribed from the ministry's geographic campaign targets. No drug delivery or coverage outcome is inferred.
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