Bangladesh

Recipient government agency: Filariasis Elimination and STH Control Program, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

STH prevalence: A baseline survey, carried out in 2005 in  collaboration with WHO, revealed that 79.8% of school-age children (SAC) were infected with STH

Year of first mebendazole donation: 2007

Number of SAC targeted in 2010: 4.5 million (20% of at-risk SAC population)