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Lymphatic Filariasis 
Rarely life-threatening, lymphatic filariasis causes widespread and chronic suffering, disability, and social stigma. It can lead to grotesquely swollen limbs - a condition known as elephantiasis.
Review Articles
6 Dec 2010
Neglect of the social context
The neglected tropical diseases are attracting more research funding but the focus is still on simple biomedical interventions, ignoring the social context in which these diseases occur.
Source: Health Research Policy and Systems
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5 Jul 2010
Fighting filariasis
How the world’s most ambitious infectious disease elimination effort came to be, and what stands in the way of success.
Source: TropIKA.net
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News
1 Aug 2011
LF elimination is possible in the poorest of countries
Togo, sub-Saharan Africa’s first to stop MDAs for the mosquito-borne disease, has achieved an important feat with few resources.
Source: TropIKA.net
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28 Feb 2011
Prospects good for the elimination of six neglected tropical diseases in the Americas
If health surveillance systems are strengthened and mapping is used to identify “hotspots", then elimination is possible of lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, rabies, trachoma, and soil-transmitted parasites.
Source: Pan American Health Organization ; PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Editorial Opinions
24 Feb 2011
Funding research into the infectious diseases of poverty: what happens now?
The latest G-FINDER report says that funding for basic scientific research has increased but finances available for product development have fallen. How can funders determine where the greatest needs lie and work more closely together?
Source: TropIKA.net
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15 Jan 2010
Disease control in Haiti after the earthquake
The burden of infectious disease in Haiti is already the worst in the Americas region. Will this new disaster disrupt long-term efforts to bring these diseases under control?
Source: TropIKA.net
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Research Articles
18 Jul 2011
Ivermectin—now an anti-malarial, too
New research says the cheap, commonly-used endectocide could dramatically reduce transmission
Source: TropIKA.net
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21 Jan 2011
Expert opinion split, as study revives an old debate
Researchers claim to have shown that “vertical” disease control programmes distort national policies and erode countries’ ability to provide basic care.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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