Filariasis

The Union Health Ministry has launched a nationwide mass drug administration (MDA) campaign aimed at ending filariasis disease transmission through door-to-door administration of anti-filarial drugs, especially in 10 affected states.

Appealing to the people to consume drugs, Dr. Ramesh K Kaulgud, Joint Director, Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), says that Kalaburgi and Bidar districts have recorded around 7,078 and 3,424 cases of lymphedema and 405 and 346 cases of hydrocele.

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a parasitic disease caused by infection with roundworms of the family Filarioidea. As per WHO data, India contributes to 40% of the infection burden worldwide and LF is prevalent in 17 states across the country. India had set the ambitious target of eliminating filariasis by the year 2020, but e...

The Mass Drug Distribution for lymphatic filariasis, a public health programme being conducted across the state, was inaugurated by Health Minister V S Sivakumar at a function in the state capital today. The programme is endorsed by the World Health Organisation for eliminating filariasis. The administration of two doses of preventive medicines hel...

Filariasis is an infection caused by a parasitic worm and is transmitted by insect-bites. In India, it is common in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Bancroftian filariasis causes elephantiasis, hydrocoele, and economic loss throughout the tropics and subtropics. A global plan for its eradication currently relies on mass treatment with four to six a...

The Union Health Ministry has launched a nationwide mass drug administration (MDA) campaign aimed at ending filariasis disease transmission through door-to-door administration of anti-filarial drugs, especially in 10 affected states.

Appealing to the people to consume drugs, Dr. Ramesh K Kaulgud, Joint Director, Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), says that Kalaburgi and Bidar districts have recorded around 7,078 and 3,424 cases of lymphedema and 405 and 346 cases of hydrocele.

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a parasitic disease caused by infection with roundworms of the family Filarioidea. As per WHO data, India contributes to 40% of the infection burden worldwide and LF is prevalent in 17 states across the country. India had set the ambitious target of eliminating filariasis by the year 2020, but e...

The Mass Drug Distribution for lymphatic filariasis, a public health programme being conducted across the state, was inaugurated by Health Minister V S Sivakumar at a function in the state capital today. The programme is endorsed by the World Health Organisation for eliminating filariasis. The administration of two doses of preventive medicines hel...

Filariasis is an infection caused by a parasitic worm and is transmitted by insect-bites. In India, it is common in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Bancroftian filariasis causes elephantiasis, hydrocoele, and economic loss throughout the tropics and subtropics. A global plan for its eradication currently relies on mass treatment with four to six a...