Is mass drug administration against lymphatic filariasis required in urban settings? The experience in Kano, Nigeria.

• Main Authors: Dung D Pam (Author), Dziedzom K de Souza (Author), Susan D'Souza (Author), Millicent Opoku (Author), Safiya Sanda (Author), Ibrahim Nazaradden (Author), Ifeoma N Anagbogu (Author), Chukwu Okoronkwo (Author), Emmanuel Davies (Author), Elisabeth Elhassan (Author), David H Molyneux (Author), Moses J Bockarie (Author), Benjamin G Koudou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF), launched in 2000, has the target of eliminating the disease as a public health problem by the year 2020. The strategy adopted is mass drug administration (MDA) to all eligible individuals in endemic communities and the implementation of...