Wuchereria bancrofti Filariasis Control in Samoa before PacELF (Pacific Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis)

Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

The National Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis from Ethiopia.

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring diseases common in Ethiopia and is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. Mapping for LF has shown that 70 woredas (districts) are endemic and 5.9 million people are estimated to be at risk. The national government's LF elimination programme commenced in 2009 in 5 districts integrated with the onchocerciasis programme. The progr...

Overview of PacELF—the Pacific Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis

This special issue of Tropical Medicine and Health has been produced by the PacELF Endgame project to record and celebrate the successes of PacELF—the Pacific Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a nematode worm-caused infection transmitted by mosquitoes. Male and female adult worms develop in humans from larvae injected by mosquitoes of several ge...

Lessons from the Pacific programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: a case study of 5 countries

BACKGROUND Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is an important Neglected Tropical Disease, being a major cause of disability worldwide. The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis aims to eliminate LF as a public health problem by the year 2020, primarily through repeated Mass Drug Administration (MDA). The Pacific region programme commenced in 1999. By June 2007, five of the eleven countries ...

In Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis, asymptomatic microfilaraemia does not progress to amicrofilaraemic lymphatic disease.

BACKGROUND In lymphatic filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti infections, the relationship between the natural course of infection and development of clinical disease remains controversial. The two hypotheses that are widely considered are (1) microfilaraemia represents an early stage of infection which progresses to amicrofilaraemic clinical disease and (2) microfilaraemia and clinical diseas...