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Regional Strategic Plan for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (2004-2007)
Global Health Security Capacities
Non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Description
Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring scourges among all diseases. Worldwide 1.1 billion people are at risk of infection and some 120 million people are infected in 80 countries. It is one of the major public health problems in South-East Asia