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The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) is a World Health Organization project to eradicate the Filarioidea worms which cause the disease lymphatic filariasis and also treat the people who already have the infection.
The GPELF is a partnership organization in which countries establish a national LF elimination program, various international sponsors fund the programs, regional pharmaceutical companies produce medicine, universities assist with monitoring, and the WHO convenes international conversation.[1]
As an elimination strategy, the organization recommends mass drug administration to at least 65% of the population in areas with an infection rate of 1% or more.[2]
China participated in the program and became LF free in 2007.[3]
References
- ^ Ichimori, Kazuyo; King, Jonathan D.; Engels, Dirk; Yajima, Aya; Mikhailov, Alexei; Lammie, Patrick; Ottesen, Eric A.; Gyapong, John Owusu (11 December 2014). "Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: The Processes Underlying Programme Success". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8 (12): e3328. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003328.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Ndeffo-Mbah, Martial L; Galvani, Alison P (April 2017). "Global elimination of lymphatic filariasis". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 17 (4): 358–359. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30544-8.
- ^ Fang, Yuan; Zhang, Yi (7 August 2019). "Lessons from lymphatic filariasis elimination and the challenges of post-elimination surveillance in China". Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 8 (1). doi:10.1186/s40249-019-0578-9.
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