The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) is a public-private partnership created in 2000 to assist in advocacy, resource mobilisation and programme implementation.
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82 ongoing operational research studies related to lymphatic filariasis
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Since the programme was launched in 2000, 6.7 billion treatments have been delivered to >850 million people
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12 billion tablets donated from start to finish for LF elimination programmes
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495.6 million people treated in 2016
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News
16 Jan 2019
Professor Dato CP Ramachandran
16 Oct 2018
3 more countries announce elimination
Events
2019
ISNTD Events
16th - 20th September 2019
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to host ECTMIH 2019 in Liverpool
17th September to 19th Septemeber
The 10th NTD NGO Network (NNN) annual conference
Resources
15 Apr 2019
Publication
Preclinical development of an oral anti-Wolbachia macrolide drug for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis
15 Apr 2019
Publication
Preventive chemotherapy reverses covert, lymphatic-associated tissue change in young people with lymphatic filariasis in Myanmar
15 Apr 2019
Publication
Elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in Niue under PacELF, 1999-2016
About Lymphatic Filariasis
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3 weeks 5 hours agoRT @rajani62: Ayushmaan card_ PM_JAY generated at CSC center Digigaon_Susnigaria. @MoHFW_INDIA @CSCJharkhand @dintya15… https://t.co/ALaRGltZgA
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3 weeks 5 hours agoNew PLOS paper “ Systematic sampling of adults as a sensitive means of detecting persistence of LF following MDA in… https://t.co/4HOStccsk7
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3 weeks 5 hours agoRT @IndiaWillEndLF: Rightly said Dr. @rajani62. Only through interventions such as #Filariasis elimination can we build a healthier fut… https://t.co/CSCVyoEE4x
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1 month 4 days agoRT @LSTM_NTDs: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports research to fight elephantiasis, river blindness https://t.co/awYtHQqRSi https://t.co/fSEJlfTBVS
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1 month 1 week agoRT @IndiaWillEndLF: Health workers have the power to change people’s lives by encouraging them to consume Mass Drug Administration medi… https://t.co/P3zmpCdyWH
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2 months 3 days agoGAELF is happy to share a link where you can see some pictures of the field work for the LF remapping survey that i… https://t.co/oivilL0aLZ
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2 months 1 week agoRT @HelenKellerIntl: The @MMDPproject, funded by @USAIDGH , of which Helen Keller International is a partner, is training African surgeo… https://t.co/OtNTnIehk1
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2 months 1 week agoRT @MMDPproject: As part of our collaboration with the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, the MMDP Project is excit… https://t.co/uWMApJta2h
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2 months 1 week agoSurgeon Perspectives on a New Simulator for Hydrocele Surgery https://t.co/W7y9tw6Q1Y https://t.co/AbKWRh1Zwz
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2 months 2 weeks agoRT @CNTD_LSTM: Today is #worldlymphedemaday: CNTD works with national #NTD partners to ensure those with #filarial related lymphoe… https://t.co/xMrLhWErz9
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2 months 2 weeks agoRT @NTD_SC: Alleviating Suffering from Filarial Lymphedema: The LeDoxy Clinical Trial Launches in India, Mali, and Sri Lanka… https://t.co/NdJw2uE8FB
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3 months 1 week agoImportant activities in establishing a strong MMDP programme - The Kerala story @tksuma https://t.co/BFpo526nrh https://t.co/Rq1K9OGCNm