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Title: Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis


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Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
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Lymphatic Filariasis The Disease
  • A parasitic disease caused
  • by threadlike worms living
  • in the human lymphatic
  • system
  • Transmitted by mosquitoes
  • Endemic in 83 countries
  • 1.2 billion people at risk
  • More than 120 million people
  • infected
  • More than 25 million men
  • suffer from genital disease
  • More than 15 million people suffer from
    lymphoedema or elephantiasis of the leg

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Lymphatic Filariasis or Elephantiasis
  • A major cause of permanent disability and
    disfigurement
  • Adult worms damage the lymphatic system, causing
    fluid to collect and cause swelling
  • Patients are physically incapacitated

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A Disease of Poverty
  • LF occurs primarily in poor communities
  • The disease exacerbates poverty by physically
    incapacitating people, thus affecting their
    livelihood
  • Lost productivity caused by LF disease costs
    billions of dollars across the world each year
  • Medical treatment for the disease imposes a
    tremendous burden on individuals and health care
    systems

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Lymphatic Filariasis and Children
  • Infection acquired in childhood
  • Often with as many as 1/3 of children infected
    before age 5
  • Because of the long latency period of the
    disease, visible symptoms usually appear in
    puberty
  • Of all LF sufferers, children will benefit most
    from the elimination programme

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Elimination Strategy
  • Elimination of LF and relief of
  • current affliction through a
  • 2-pronged approach
  • 1. Interrupt Transmission
  • 2. Alleviate and prevent
  • disability

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Elimination Strategy
  • Interrupt transmission
  • Annual treatment of entire populations at risk
    with donated or inexpensive medicines
  • albendazole Mectizan (ivermectin)
  • albendazole diethylcarbamazine (DEC)
  • DEC-fortified salt
  • Must be treated for at least 5 years

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Elimination Strategy
Alleviate and prevent disability
  • Community-level care for those with disease
  • Lymphoedema management
  • Prevention of acute inflammatory episodes
  • Hydrocele repair

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Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
  • National Ministries of Health of LF endemic
    countries
  • International Organizations
  • Private Sector
  • International Development Agencies and
    Foundations
  • Non-governmental Organizations
  • Academic Research Institutions

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Total Number of People Treated(by year)
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Total Population Treated in 2004 (in millions)
250 million treatments in 39 countries
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Integration and Synergy
  • Opportunities for cost-effective integration with
    other community-based health initiatives
  • Onchocerciasis
  • Schistosomiasis
  • School-based deworming
  • Trachoma
  • Malaria bed nets
  • Vitamin A supplements
  • National Immunization Days

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A Future Free of Lymphatic Filariasis
  • Through annual, cost-effective
  • treatments, lymphatic filariasis
  • can be eliminated from the world.
  • The communities are ready
  • The tools are available
  • More partners and support will make the goal a
    reality
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