Communicable Diseases

Revised Strategy for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) in 2000, in response to a World Health Assembly resolution, to address LF as a public health problem. The GPELF aims to stop the spread of infection and alleviate suffering among patients. LF Burden in India At present, 630 million people […]