It was a movement in Kerala that first cast the spotlight on filariasis and began measures at several levels to eliminate the ...

The Kilifi government’s health sector has received a major boost after Amref Kenya donated screening equipment worth Sh13 ...

To navigate financial constraints, African nations must rethink and redesign their healthcare systems. Three key areas where ...

Known to history only as Hoo Loo, he bled out on an operating table 5,000 miles from home. How did he get there? Was he a ...

Pre-exposure medications and outreach efforts for sex workers, drug users, and vulnerable groups have been stalled.

With reference to Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), consider the following statements: 1. It is usually acquired in childhood. 2. It is commonly known as elephantiasis. 3. India has a goal to eliminate ...

The African region is home to twenty of the 21 recognised NTDs, including river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, and several skin diseases that disproportionately affect the poorest and most ...

However, with the State government’s efforts to eradicate lymphatic filariasis from the State, the disease is showing a declining trend in […] Kamareddy: Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy on ...

The NTD road map includes Buruli ulcer, cutaneous leishmaniasis, mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, post-kala-azar dermal ...