Epidemiological situation

The global extent of endemic treponematoses remains unknown. 46 countries were known to have yaws at the start of the 1952 campaigns. The most recent information and data, based on routine surveillance, from some countries are shown in the list and figure below. Reporting of yaws is not mandatory and these numbers therefore provide only an indication of the presence of the disease.

African Region (AFR)

• Benin^{a, b} – No data available
• Cameroon (2010) – 789
• Central African Republic (2008) – 243
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009) – 383
• Republic of the Congo (2011) – 167
• Ghana (2010) – 20 525
• Togo (2010) – 15

South-East Asia Region (SEAR)

• India^c – 0
• Indonesia (2011) – 5319
• Timor-Leste^b – No data available

Western Pacific Region (WPR)

• Papua New Guinea (2011) – 34 628
• Solomon Islands (2010) – 20 635
• Vanuatu (2010) – 1574

^a Country known to be endemic
^b Country known to be endemic but with not data available
^c India interrupted transmission in 2004 and declared elimination in 2006. Since 2004, no new case has been reported.

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