6️⃣ Lymphatic Filariasis

Lymphatic filariasis can lead to lifelong swelling and disability.

💡 SkincAIr’s long term goal: AI-supported tools to assist early identification and improve primary care response.

#LymphaticFilariasis #NTDs #SkincAIr

GAELF Announces New Steering Committee Members for 2026 Term | Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination GAELF appoints four new Steering Committee members from Kenya, Ghana, Malaysia, and Haiti, strengthening global leadership in lymphatic filariasis elimination.

GAELF welcomes four new members to the GAELF Steering Committee:

• Sammy Njenga 🇰🇪
• Dziedzom K. de Souza 🇬🇭
• Khairiah Binti Ibrahim 🇲🇾
• Farah-Nelhy Momprévil 🇭🇹

Their leadership strengthens country representation and technical expertise in our work to eliminate #LymphaticFilariasis.

Essay: Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID - Sight Magazine SARAH GREENE and PHILIP BUDGE say the Trump administration’s defunding of the USAID has created a "real-life Sisyphean struggle"...

Essay: Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID @sightmagazine.bsky.social #neglectedtropicaldiseases #USAID #USaidcuts #onchocerciasis #riverblindness #lymphaticfilariasis #elephantiasis

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How Women in UP Confront A Neglected Disease–And Stigma Of the 345 districts in India affected by lymphatic filariasis, 51 are in Uttar Pradesh where women are at the frontlines, confronting their suffering and a long-standing public health crisis

Independent journalist Mansi Vijay, a 2024 MSF South Asia–DNDi Media Fellow, has been honoured with the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity for her story on how women confront #LymphaticFilariasis & the stigma, silence & barriers around it.

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#Journalism @msf.ca

Life with lymphatic filariasis: Kiran's real-life story With community detection, Kiran's symptoms of lymphatic filariasis were identified and she received timely care

Like many women in her community, Kiran had little time to focus on her own health until a routine check changed her priorities.

Read Kiran's story: www.lepra.org.uk/real-life-stories/detail/kiran

#IDSky #LF #India #LymphaticFilariasis #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll

#neglectedtropicaldiseases #publichealth #lymphaticfilariasis @sightsavers.bsky.social

Vector incrimination studies of lymphatic filariasis in rural areas of endemic Datia district of Madhya Pradesh, India AbstractBackground. Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by infections from Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or Brugia timori. Th

New in #TRSTMH: Anjal et al conduct a study of ongoing #lymphaticfilariasis transmission in #India 20 years on from the implementation of a mass drug administration program

#GlobalHealth

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A Pill That Makes Your Blood Deadly to Mosquitoes? It’s Real – And It Works A common pill turns your blood into mosquito poison—and slashes malaria in the process.

A Pill That Makes Your Blood Deadly to Mosquitoes? It's Real - And It Works
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#scitechdaily #medsky #blood #deadly #mosquitoes #malaria #pill
#poison #medication #ivermectin #onchocerciasis #lymphaticfilariasis #insecticide #BOHEMIAproject #ASH #JCM #anemia #TTM #AABB

Examining the overlap in lymphatic filariasis prevalence and malaria insecticide-treated net access-use in endemic Africa Author summary Lymphatic filariasis is a vector-borne disease that can cause significant disability. There is evidence that insecticide-treated nets used by malaria programs can contribute to lymphati...

Out now in @plos NTDs - overlap between #LF prevalence and #malaria ITN access / use. Congrats to Joanna Whisnant and the authorship team. This has been a long time coming and great to see it out!

#NTDs #episky #malaria #lymphaticfilariasis

🦟🪱" #Vector-borne helminthiases (eg. #onchocerciasis, #LymphaticFilariasis, #loiasis, and #mansonellosis): a road map for current and future research to support control and elimination in sub-Saharan #Africa": by Joseph Kamgno et al. in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social
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Targeting Parasitic DHFR: Montclair State Students Advance Antifolate Drug Discovery for Lymphatic Filariasis At the 2025 Theobald Smith Society Spring Symposium, graduate students David Otu-Aboagye and Salma Kwarteng from Nina Goodey’s Lab at Montclair State University presented an engaging talk on their res...

Grad students David Otu-Aboagye & Salma Kwarteng are finding smarter antifolate drugs to target DHFR in Wuchereria bancrofti, the parasite behind lymphatic filariasis. Promising early hits, crystal structures! Read more: wix.to/cY9bn3B #LymphaticFilariasis #DrugDiscovery #GlobalHealth #elephantiasis

New issue is live!🙌

Featuring #BreastCancer prevention in #WesternPacific, adolescent #MentalHealth in #HongKong, persistent #LymphaticFilariasis in Tonga & more!

🖋️Editorial: Advancing #patient-centred care in clinical #trials

🎨Cover: Sandra Chan, Samara Hussain
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Celebrating Dr. Eric Ottesen: A Legacy in LF Elimination

Join us on April 24 as we celebrate Dr. Eric Ottesen and global progress toward LF elimination. This special event is open to all. Register now!

#BeatNTDs #LFElimination #NTDs #LymphaticFilariasis #GlobalHealth

Persistent lymphatic filariasis transmission seven years after validation of elimination as a public health problem: a cross-sectional study in Tonga We found persistent LF transmission in Tonga seven years post-validation. Community surveillance yielded the highest Ag and Mf prevalence. Efficiency of PVS could be improved by integrating surveillan...

#WHO validated 21 countries to have eliminated #LymphaticFilariasis 🦠

In #Tonga, without #surveillance strategies, persistent LF transmission is seen 7 years post-validation, highlighting the need of community monitoring especially in the #SouthPacific ⚠️

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iCHORDS – Community of Practice – Connecting social and behavioural science research to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)

We posted 5 new research papers to ichords.org. Check them out here: www.ichords.org/resources/. These articles explore the experiences of those affected by #trachoma, #lymphaticfilariasis, #rabies, #leprosy, #onchocerciasis and #scabies in #India, #Ethiopia, #Uganda, and #DRC.

Mass drug administration coverage evaluation for lymphatic filariasis in selected endemic districts of Jharkhand, India AbstractBackground. This study aimed to evaluate mass drug administration (MDA) coverage for lymphatic filariasis (LF) in selected endemic districts of Jha

New in #TRSTMH: Biswas et al evaluate the mass drug administration coverage for #LymphaticFilariasis across several endemic districts in #India

#GlobalHealth

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Vaccines have such a long history of success, to deny them is to deny history -- vaccines eradicated or controlled many diseases and saved lives.

#measles #smallpox #polio #malaria #mumps #rubella #Rinderpest #Guineaworm #LymphaticFilariasis #Cysticercosis #Covid #antivaxxer

Elimination by 2027? India’s Final Push Against Lymphatic Filariasis India bears the world’s highest burden of LF, accounting for nearly 40% of global cases. But inadequate control measures and community acceptance has complicated govt efforts

Elimination by 2027? India carries the heaviest load of #LymphaticFilariasis globally with almost 40% of the world's cases; insufficient control measures & lack of community acceptance pose major challenges
👉#India’s Final Push Against LF www.health-check.in/health/elimi...

‘The cost of being a woman is pain’: How UP’s women are confronting a public health crisis ‘The cost of being a woman is pain’: How UP’s women are confronting a public health crisis

‘The cost of being a woman is pain’: How UP’s women are confronting a public health crisis #LymphaticFilariasis #LF #India

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Elimination by 2027? India’s Final Push Against Lymphatic Filariasis India bears the world’s highest burden of LF, accounting for nearly 40% of global cases. But inadequate control measures and community acceptance has complicated govt efforts

Nearly 40% of #LymphaticFilariasis cases are in India 🇮🇳. The country aims to eliminate the disease by 2027, three years before the global targets, but is it ready for it?

This article reports on the challenges to reach the finish line 👉 bit.ly/3Bi7ZEs #beatNTDs

Growth the size of a melon: a scrotum-swelling disease threatening thousands Efforts to eradicate the disfiguring mosquito-borne infection lymphatic filariasis are advancing, but it is still rife in 51 countries

🦟🪱"Growth the size of a melon: a scrotum-swelling disease threatening thousands.
Efforts to eradicate the painful and disfiguring #mosquito-borne infection #LymphaticFilariasis are advancing, but it is still rife in 51 countries" #BeatNTDs
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Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem Washington D.C., 30 September 2024 (PAHO) – The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.

#Brazil 🇧🇷 eliminates #LymphaticFilariasis 🦟as a public health problem #BeatNTDs
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