People living in districts where MDA for NTDs is no longer needed worldwide 2013-2022
In 2022, around 391 million people lived in districts where mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, used to be necessary, but no longer was because transmission or infection levels have reached very low levels. This statistic shows the number of people living in districts worldwide where mass drug administration (MDA) for select neglected tropical diseases was no longer necessary from 2013 to 2022.