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African regional progress and status of the programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: 2000-2020.
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- Human Filariasis in Africa (2000-2025): Changing epidemiology, uneven diagnostic progress, and persistent neglect.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- The lymphatic filariasis treatment study landscape: A systematic review of study characteristics and the case for an individual participant data platform.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and Determinants of Never Treatment During Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Global Lymphatic Filariasis Post-Validation Surveillance Activities in 2025: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Review
- Sociodemographic determinants of lymphatic filariasis knowledge among refugees in Cameroon.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Global epidemiological trends, distribution of NTDs and malaria, and disease burden projections for the next 15 years.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Notes on the threadwormInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2025Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of mass drug administration on lymphatic filariasis transmission and assessment of post-mass drug administration surveillance in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years and prevalence of lymphatic filariasis from 1990 to 2021: A trend and health inequality analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Exploring barriers to accessing treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis through a socio-ecological lens in Buvuma and Napak districts, Uganda.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Burden, knowledge and perception of lymphatic filariasis in resource - poor communities in north central Nigeria.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2024Article
- An integrated active case detection and management of skin NTDs in yaws endemic health districts in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Control, elimination, and eradication efforts for neglected tropical diseases in the World Health Organization African region over the last 30 years: A scoping review.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2024Article
- Elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in Malawi.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Zambia: A Narrative Review of Success and Challenges in Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- Neglected tropical diseases in Republic of Guinea: disease endemicity, case burden and the road towards the 2030 target.International health · 2023Review
- Longitudinal study of cross-reactive antigenemia in individuals with highFrontiers in parasitology · 2023Article
- Lymphatic filariasis in Zambia: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2023Article
- Step towards elimination of Wuchereria bancrofti in Southwest Tanzania 10 years after mass drug administration with Albendazole and Ivermectin.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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Abstract
To eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) by 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a campaign against the disease. Since the launch in 2000, significant progress has been made to achieve this ambitious goal. In this article we review the progress and status of the LF programme in Africa through the WHO neglected tropical diseases preventive chemotherapy databank, the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) portal and other publications. In the African Region there are 35 countries endemic for LF. The Gambia was reclassified as not requiring preventive chemotherapy in 2015, while Togo and Malawi eliminated LF as a public health problem in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Cameroon discontinued mass drug administration (MDA) and transitioned to post-MDA surveillance to validate elimination. The trajectory of coverage continues to accelerate; treatment coverage increased from 0.1% in 2000 to 62.1% in 2018. Geographical coverage has also significantly increased, from 62.7% in 2015 to 78.5% in 2018. In 2019, 23 of 31 countries requiring MDA achieved 100% geographic coverage. Although much remains to be done, morbidity management and disability prevention services have steadily increased in recent years. Vector control interventions conducted by other programmes, particularly malaria vector control, have had a profound effect in stopping transmission in some endemic countries in the region. In conclusion, significant progress has been made in the LF programme in the region while we identify the key remaining challenges in achieving an Africa free of LF.
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