The World Health Organization has sought to eliminate filariasis, globally, by 2030, a decade later than its original target of 2020. While India’s target year is now 2027, this deadline has ...

VIJAYAWADA: As part of India’s mission to eliminate Filariasis by 2030, a nationwide mass drug administration (MDA) programme was launched on Monday across 111 districts in 13 States.

Background Although the Alere Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) is recommended for surveillance and monitoring of Wuchereria bancrofti infection, the performance characteristics of this tool in ...

Varanasi: Under the National Filariasis Elimination Programme, a Night Blood Survey (NBS) will soon be initiated in the district. A training session was conducted for the purpose on Tuesday for ...

Alongside this, the 'Revised Guideline on Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis' and IEC material were unveiled to provide a clear roadmap for elimination efforts. Advt In his keynote address ...

Lucknow: As part of an ongoing drive to eradicate filariasis from the state, the government has issued an appeal for all residents to take preventive medication before August 28. Under the ...

Lymphatic Filariasis is a serious public health problem in the country and, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), is among the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide The ...

(Image Credits: Pixabay) Lymphatic Filariasis, also known as Elephantiasis, continues to be a major public health challenge in India. A vector-borne parasitic disease, it is an extremely painful ...

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a vector-borne disease caused by one ... the immunochromatographic test (ICT) (Alere Inc., Scarborough, USA). Sampling was carried out in the communities by laboratory ...

The study also assessed the utility of the Filariasis Test Strips (FTS; Alere, Scarborough, ME, USA) point-of-care diagnostic tool to quantify circulating filarial antigen through a simple scoring ...

MANILA, Philippines—Aside from malaria, another mosquito-borne disease gets highlighted in the Philippines every November—lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, a “painful and ...

Alere and its now-defunct subsidiary Arriva Medical—formerly the nation’s largest supplier of mail-order diabetes testing equipment for Medicare patients—have agreed to a whopping $160 ...