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Historic Milestone Reflects Successful Collaboration Among MECTIZAN Donation Program and Partners
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
applauds the government of Colombia whose work with the MECTIZAN
Donation Program and The Carter Center-sponsored Onchocerciasis
Elimination Program for the Americas led to todays Pan American Health
Organization, the World Health Organizations Regional Office for the
Americas (PAHO/WHO), verification of Colombia as the first country in
the world to eliminate the transmission of river blindness
(onchocerciasis), using MECTIZAN (iv
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