Filariasis
Filaria eradication campaign in city
Steps will be taken to curb seasonal diseases
The war on the indestructible mosquitoes
The economic benefits resulting from the first 8 years of the global programme to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (2000–2007)
The importance of drains for the larval development of Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria vectors in Dar es Salaam
Campaign starts against filarial
Madhya Pradesh plans to launch a mass anti-filaria drug administration programme to curb a disease spread by culex mosquito bite which causes permanent swelling of a patient's hands and feet.
Elimination of neglected tropical diseases in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which affect the very poor, pose a major public health problem in the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). Although more than a dozen NTDs affect the region, over the past five years four of them in particular – leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) and yaws – have been targeted for elimination.
Anti-filariasis campaign on in southern districts
Madurai Bureau
Eradication move: Deputy Director (Health Services) S. Uma, right, distributing DEP tablets at Alwarthirunagari in Tuticorin district on Sunday.
Filariasis medicines to be distributed
TIRUCHI: An estimated 21.67 lakh people in Tiruchi district were targeted for coverage under a mass drug administration programme on February 28 as part of the lymphatic filariasis control measure.
Kerala institute has new cure for filariasis
The Institute of Applied Dermatology (IAD) at Kasargod in Kerala claims to be the first in the country to have found an integrated treatment for filariasis or elephantiasis. After a decade of research, IAD has now come out with a cost effective therapy which has helped hundreds of patients.
