Visakhapatnam: Mass drug administration (MDA) for elimination of filariasis was conducted in Balijipeta mandal, Parvathipuram ...

Patna: The mass drug administration (MDA) programme to combat filariasis (elephantiasis) will begin in 24 districts of Bihar ...

Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has launched the Annual Nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination across 13 states through a video ...

India experiences the world’s absolute burden of at least 11 NTDs, including hookworm, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, kala-azar, and rabies, representing the highest number of cases worldwide ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Yusuf Labaran, has raised concerns over the resurgence of leprosy in the ...

ShareThe campaign was electrifying and engaging. It was a day, precisely January 30, loaded with activities, all aimed at ...

They can take the drugs as a preventive measure against the diseases; those already with symptoms of the disease ... to prevent and treat lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis as well as ...