The effect of bi-annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin on the incidence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic villages in South Sudan: a study protocol

Table 1 South Sudan population treated in 2006 by community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) project areas [15]

CDTi project areas	Total population eligible for CDTi	Population treated (2006)	% Treated (2006) from annual CDTi target
Western Equatoria	425 752	247 653	58
Eastern Equatoria	1 508 733	151 475	10
Eastern Bahr el Ghazal	778 920	412 021	53
Western Bahr el Ghazal	505 933	70 460	14
Upper Nile	405 994	54 766	13
Total	3 625 332	936 375	26

In 2016, WHO estimated that about 7.5 million people in South Sudan required ivermectin prophylaxis [37]

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