The treatment strategy of lymphatic filariasis now consists of an annual, single-dose, two-drug regimen of ivermectin+albendazole in countries that are coendemic for onchocerciasis, and of ...

Bhubaneswar: State authorities will conduct a mass drug administration (MDA) drive next month to eliminate lymphatic ...

Lymphatic Filariasis is not a neglected disease as may be the case in some other countries, but a priority disease for elimination in a time-bound manner. The Union health ministry has come up ...

Dr. Daniel Tisch is an infectious diseases epidemiologist with 16 years experience studying methods to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. One billion people in the tropics and sub-tropics are at risk for ...

That’s how life is for many thousands of people suffering from lymphatic filariasis, a neglected tropical disease commonly known as elephantiasis. With 40 per cent of the global case load ...

These data indicate that nematode factors are in part responsible for inducing the changes that are seen in the lymphatic system during filariasis. Uncovering the identity of these factors may ...

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.

Howrah: Five confirmed cases of filariasis in children in Howrah, along with more children suffering from symptoms of the ...

This intersection of climate change with diseases like Lymphatic Filariasis highlights the urgent need for proactive strategies. Duality of neglect – climate change and Lymphatic Filariasis ...

For the discovery of fast-acting, highly specific anti-Wolbachia candidates for the oral treatment of human filariasis. Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness) cause ...

More than twelve people suffering from elephantiasis have been provided medication in the Western Bahr el Ghazal State ...

WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed recently engaged in discussions with JP Nadda, the Minister of Health and ...