Table of Contents Summary 119 1. Introduction 119 1.1 The gastrointestinal ecosystem 119
1.2 Groups of intestinal parasitic worms that infect humans 121 1.2. 1 Flukes or trematodes …

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disease not just treatable or controllable; it is a disease that can
be eliminated. Indeed, LF is currently the target of a major global initiative to do just that; a …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization has targeted lymphatic filariasis for
global elimination by 2020 with a strategy of mass drug administration. This trial tested …

GUIDELINE Page 1 GUIDELINE Alternative mass drug administration regimens to eliminate
lymphatic filariasis Page 2 Page 3 GUIDELINE Alternative mass drug administration regimens to …

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disease targeted for elimination. The global strategy is a once-
yearly, single-dose, two-drug regimen utilised by communities at risk for LF, with the goal of …

In its 'Road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030', the World Health Organization
outlined its targets for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and …

The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched by the
World Health Organization (WHO) in 2000. Since then, coverage of mass drug …

Background The soil-transmitted helminths (STH), Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura
and hookworms, infect 1.5 billion people worldwide and cause an estimated burden of 3.3 …

Following the London declaration on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in 2012 and
inspired by the WHO 2020 roadmap to control or eliminate NTDs, the Global Programme to …

The rapid expansion of chemotherapy-based control programmes for neglected tropical
diseases has been catalysed by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation …