Measles will be eradicated; and lymphatic Filariasis eliminated.
More than 120 million people have lymphatic Filariasis.
Cutaneous Filariasis- caused by Loa loa(the African eye worm),
Mansonella streptocerca and Onchocerca volvulus.
Filariasis, which is caused by thread-like filarial nematodes(roundworms)
in the family Filarioidea(also known as'filariae').
Infection- most commonly cellulitis, although a parasitic infection called Filariasis is common in other countries.
Killing mosquitoes to prevent diseases like dengue, malaria and Filariasis is going to be expensive.
It is up to us, the people, to ensure that Maharashtra, and India, is free of Filariasis.”.
Since 2004, two drug therapy for lymphatic Filariasis has been in place but the addition of
the third drug now will give a boost to the overall campaign.
During his inaugural address, Shri Nadda said that India as a Global
leader is committed to eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis(LF) transmission
and disease burden so that our future generations are free from Lymphatic Filariasis.
Full Text Available Between 2000-2007,
the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis GPELF delivered more than 1.9 billion
treatments to nearly 600 million individuals via annual mass drug administration MDA of anti-filarial drugs albendazole, ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine to all at-risk for 4-6 years.