The World Health Organization launched a global program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2020 using a strategy of annual mass drug administration to entire at-risk populations. Ghana was one of the first countries to begin the strategy and is on course to achieve the 2020 goal. This paper presents an overview of the evolution of the program, successes, challenges and lessons in the first 15 years.
Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators
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Biritwum NK, de Souza DK, Marfo B, Odoom S, Alomatu B, Asiedu O, Yeboah A, Hervie TE, Mensah EO, Yikpotey P, Koroma JB, Molyneux D, Bockarie MJ, Gyapong JO
