Nigeria

Nigeria at a Glance*

• Target date for elimination of blinding trachoma: 2015

• Total country population: 158.3 million
• Known population at-risk: about 18 million
• People living with trichiasis: nearly 1.3 million
• Total number of districts: 774
• Number of confirmed endemic districts: 79
• Number of additional districts suspected to be endemic: 209

ITI's Commitment to Nigeria

• ITI is supporting Nigeria in its efforts to achieve the elimination of blinding trachoma by the year 2015. 
• The Nigeria national program has received more than 4.7 million Zithromax® treatments since it began working with ITI in 2010.
• In 2011, ITI and the Nigeria national program are targeting about 3.1 million people for treatment.