Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Brazil has worked since 1997 to eliminate the lymphatic filariasis. More than 657 million people in 39 countries ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. Eliminating a disease is a momentous accomplishment that takes ...

Large-scale disease elimination programs depend critically on the accuracy of data reported back from local implementation sites. WHO and some of its partners recently developed a data quality ...

On my win-a-trip journey, a reminder that a fifth of the world’s people have worms. By Nicholas Kristof It started with vomiting after a day of sightseeing and ended with edema that just wouldn’t go ...

Sri Lankans infected with lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis) experience severe loss of income, social isolation, and devastating stigma resulting in emotional distress, delayed ...

In Kwale County, Lymphatic Filariasis causes untold suffering, but doctors like Dr Jasper Mwahanje and Dr Paul Gathuma, are at the forefront of transforming the lives of those affected. Kwale, known ...

In a proactive effort to combat lymphatic filariasis, Bhagalpur district has embarked on an intensive 11-day campaign set to ...

Julien Ranjaivonirina, a 63‑year‑old farmer living in the Fitovinany region, smiles as he reflects on his journey. Standing in front of his wooden house, he recounts how the hydrocele he had for ...

A paper published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine presents the results from a study which examined the use of an infrared thermal imaging camera as a novel non-invasive point-of-care tool for ...

Lucknow: A mass drug administration (MDA) campaign aimed at eliminating lymphatic filariasis was launched across 21 districts and 64 blocks in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The programme was virtually ...