Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disease not just treatable or controllable; it is a disease that can
be eliminated. Indeed, LF is currently the target of a major global initiative to do just that; a�…

Abstract The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) is an innovative,
public-private partnership for health improvement. The progress made since the programme�…

Lymphatic filariasis infects 120 million people in 73 countries worldwide and continues to be
a worsening problem, especially in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Elephantiasis�…

In 1997, WHO and its Member States made a commitment to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
(LF) as a public health problem through World Health Assembly resolution WHA50. 29�…

Lymphatic filariasis is recognized as one of the world's most disabling diseases. Adult
lymphatic filarial nematodes live for several years; they infest the lymphatic and blood�…

The mosquito-borne lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic, neglected tropical disease that
imposes an unbearable human scourge. Despite the unprecedented efforts in mass drug�…

Lymphatic filariasis has afflicted people in the tropical areas of the world for thousands of
years but even up to comparatively recent times it has been poorly understood and its�…

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the oldest and most debilitating of the neglected tropical
diseases, caused by 3 species of filarial parasites and transmitted by mosquitoes. An�…

Lymphatic filariasis (LF), already recognized as a widespread, seriously handicapping
disease of adults, was generally thought to occur only sporadically in children. New, highly�…

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic infection that is spread by mosquitos infected with
worm larvae. Classified as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization�…