New Treatment Strategy To Accelerate Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis Expected To Roll Out Later This Year

Task Force for Global Health: New Treatment Strategy May Accelerate Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis
“A promising new treatment strategy to accelerate elimination of the disfiguring neglected tropical disease lymphatic filariasis (LF) is expected to roll out later this year in Kenya — and possibly, three other countries — due to the concerted efforts of the Task Force for Global Health and its partners. … Many countries hope to use the new treatment to ‘fast-track’ LF elimination…” (6/27).

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