This paper discusses some of the important issues that programmes are grappling with as they transition to elimination and provides some potential approaches that
Published in Parasites and Vectors: Economic evaluations of lymphatic filariasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs Abstract In 2000, the World Health Organization established
In this article, the author explains “…the dire consequences of many untreated NTDs are chronic disease and disability. Thus, they contribute significantly to
WHO and partners are advancing the mainstreaming project Integrating a gender, equity and human rights focus into national programming on preventive chemotherapy and transmission
The WHO Joint Application Package is submitted to WHO by countries applying for donated medicines for Mass Drug Administration to control and/or eliminate lymphatic
Preventive chemotherapy – one of the interventions deployed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat at least five Neglected Tropical Diseases – involves
This paper compiles examples from eighteen countries to summarize emerging successes and challenges in the coordination of WASH and NTD programs. Click the bar
Lymphatic filiarias, or LF, has been eliminated as a public health problem in two states in Nigeria—Plateau and Nasarawa—thanks to a collaborative effort led
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending an alternative three drug treatment to accelerate the global elimination of lymphatic filariasis—a disabling and disfiguring neglected
Update (please see page 618) to the WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record recording the progress made in the Americas toward elimination of onchocerciasis. WHO, October