Sustaining the gains achieved in the control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) requires surveillance systems capable of detecting recrudescence and guiding
This toolkit aims to provide guidance to national and district NTD programs, partner organizations, researchers, and communities on never treatment. The toolkit chapters address
Merck Commemorates 5 Billion Mectizan® Treatments Donated Over 38 Years November 17, 2025 6:45 am EST Extension of Mectizan Donation for Triple Therapy Advances
The integrated transmission assessment survey (iTAS), a modification of the transmission assessment survey for LF, offers an opportunity to co-evaluate transmission levels of both
Weekly Epidemiological Record 3 October 2025 No 40, 2025, 100, 439–450 This annual report from the World Health Organization provides the following information: Achievements
(Un extrait des faits saillants annuels du Programme de Donation du Mectizan pour 2024) L’effort visant à éliminer la filariose lymphatique (FL) en tant
(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2024) The effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem in countries
Timor-Leste eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem DECATUR, Ga., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Mectizan Donation Program applauds Timor-Leste for
Weekly Epidemiological Record 4 October 2024 No 40, 2024, 99, 565–576 This annual report from the World Health Organization provides the following information: Achievements
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 78, Issue Supplement_2, Pages S93–S100. Published April 25, 2024. Authors: Klodeta Kura, Wilma A Stolk, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Benjamin S Collyer,
Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 1;15(01):11-8. Published January 1, 2024. Authors: John FC Tomasouw, Christiana R Titaley, Maxwell LV Malakauseya, Nathalie E
International Health, 2023;, ihad091. Published October 17, 2023. Authors: Molly A Brady, Emily Toubali, Margaret Baker, Elizabeth Long, Caitlin Worrell, Kapa Ramaiah, Patricia Graves,
Weekly Epidemiological Record 13 OCTOBER 2023 No 41, 2023, 98, 489–502 Introduction Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a preventable neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by
Meeting of National Programme Managers for lymphatic filariasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis and the Regional Programme Review Group of the WHO South-East Asia Region
(An excerpt from the Mectizan Donation Program Annual Highlights for 2022) In 2022 we celebrated a marvelous achievement: after decades of hard work, Malawi eliminated
In 2020, the World Health Organization announced the validation of Malawi having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. Here is the story of
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Weekly Epidemiological Record 14 October 2022 No 41, 2022, 97, 513–524 Introduction Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a preventable neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by
