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‘Malawi on course of eliminating elephantiasis’

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Preliminary results of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) prevalence assessment currently underway has revealed that Malawi is on a right track of completely eliminating elephantiasis among people, Ministry of Health (MoH) has said. The MoH Deputy spokesperson Adrian Chikumbe has since attributed the development to the successful mass drug administration campaigns which the ministry has been […]

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Malawi to roll out elephantiasis prevention campaign in October

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Ministry of Health says it will begin the twelfth round of elephantiasis and river blindness (Onchocerciasis) drug distribution in October. Elephantiasis is a painful and profoundly disfiguring disease which is usually acquired in childhood with its visible manifestations occurring in adulthood which may lead to either temporary or permanent disability. Whereas river blindness is […]

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