Medicines
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Tablets:
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Albendazole for ascariasis, trichuriasis, hookworm infection, lymphatic filariasis, oesophagostomiasis, and strongyloidiasis
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Diethylcarbamazine for lymphatic filariasis and tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
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Ivermectin for onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, scabies, strongyloidiasis, mansonelliasis, and malaria transmission
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Praziquantel (adults) for schistosomiasis, foodborne trematodiases, and taeniasis
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Capsules:
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Vitamin A for night blindness, xerophthalmia, infections, bitot spots, keratomalacia, keratinisation, and stunted growth
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Oral Liquids:
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Azithromycin for under-five mortality (sub-Saharan Africa only), trachoma, and yaws
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Bend Biomedical currently has six primary mass drug administration targets: lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, night blindness, and under-five mortality. Our medicines treat and prevent other diseases as well.
Blister-packed tablets and capsules are attractive for both low- and middle-income countries. Right now, many countries can access drug donations in bottles, but as companies move to restrict their donations (either to areas with prevalence above a defined threshold or to low-income countries and away from middle-income countries), certain countries wish to procure their own supplies.

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