Communities of practice
TropIKA.net Partnerships
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
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
Read...
2 Jun 2010
Do the poor benefit from infectious disease programmes?
When interventions are planned, insufficient thought is given as to whether the poorest and most vulnerable members of society will benefit, according to the findings of a new review of the evidence. The reviewers call for more research to assess which infectious disease programmes benefit the poor and to identify the mechanisms that determine “pro-poor effectiveness”.
Source: TropIKA.net Journal
Read...
| PDF
More Lymphatic Filariasis Review Articles >
News
15 Jun 2010
Lymphatic filariasis can be eliminated, says global health partnership
A meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis hears that efforts to eliminate the disease by 2020 are on track.
Source: Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF)
Read...
28 May 2010
Public searches now possible of database of global R&D funding
Access to data from the G-FINDER survey will help funders and product developers better understand where funding gaps lie and how their investments fit into the global picture.
Source: George Institute
Read...
More Lymphatic Filariasis News >
Editorial Opinions
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
Read...
15 May 2009
Rescuing the bottom billion through control of neglected tropical diseases
Ninety per cent of the NTD disease burden is caused by seven diseases all of which are amenable to control, but increased investment will be needed.
Source: Lancet
Read...
| PDF 
More Lymphatic Filariasis Editorial Opinions >
Research Articles
19 Jul 2010
Lymphatic filariasis: education leads to big increases in numbers who comply with treatment
A community education programme in Orissa, India has increased treatment compliance rates from around half to 75% or 90%.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Read...
| PDF
5 Jul 2010
Major economic benefits achieved by action to eliminate elephantiasis
Researchers estimate that, in its first eight years, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) has brought benefits worth $21.8 billion to individuals, and savings of $2.2 billion to the health systems of endemic countries.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PubMed Record |
Read...
| PDF
More Lymphatic Filariasis Research Articles >
Reports
No Reports
Meeting Knowledge Hubs:
Is your organisation working against the infectious diseases of poverty?
