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Article: LF Elimination Program Treats Over Half Billion People and Protects Millions More From Debilitating Disease.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- October 23, 2008
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A study published confirms that in the ten years since its initiation, the international effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) has made unprecedented strides towards ridding the world of one of its most debilitating diseases. The study found that the LF elimination program has prevented 6.6 million children from acquiring LF and stopped another 9.5 million people already infected with the disease from progressing to more debilitating stages. All of this is the result of the most rapid scale-up of a drug administration program in public health history, delivering what the study calls the "best buy in public health."
The paper, published this week in the ...