Assessing progress in reducing the at-risk population after 13 years of the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis.
In 1997, the World Health Assembly adopted Resolution 50.29, committing to the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem, subsequently targeted for 2020. The initial estimates were that 1.2 billion people were at-risk for LF infection globally. Now, 13 years after the Globa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4239000?pdf=render |