Assessing progress in reducing the at-risk population after 13 years of the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

Assessing progress in reducing the at-risk population after 13 years of the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.

<h4>Background</h4>In 1997, the World Health Assembly adopted Resolution 50.29, committing to the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem, subsequently targeted for 2020. The initial estimates were that 1.2 billion people were at-risk for LF infection globally...

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Main Authors: Pamela J Hooper, Brian K Chu, Alexei Mikhailov, Eric A Ottesen, Mark Bradley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003333
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