filariasis

• The health chief disclosed that the elimination of filariasis in Southern Leyte was in response to the 1997 World Health Assembly which urged member states, including the Philippines, to strengthen activities toward eliminating lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem and to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's call to establish a National program for eliminating Filariasis.
• In the Philippines, filariasis is endemic in 40 provinces, in which 76\% of cases can be found in 4th to 6th-class municipalities.
• Medicines to treat filariasis are most effective when used soon after infection. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
• The best way of preventing filariasis is to prevent being repeatedly bitten by the mosquitoes that carry the disease. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
• While progress has been made in tackling lymphatic filariasis, we are still long way from eliminating the disease, says —  SciDev.Net

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