HIGHLIGHTS
Mrs Teiti Bwenawa receives GAELF Travel Award
Mrs Teiti Bwenawa from Kiribati received the cumulative highest score and was awarded the travel grant to attend this year's ASTMH meeting in Philadelphia, USA. To read Mrs Bwenawa's story click here
7th GAELF Meeting
Provisional dates (17th-18th November 2012) have been set for the 7th GAELF meeting in Washington DC, USA.
Photos and Videos
Photos
This section includes selected photos of the parasites that cause LF, the vectors that transmit it, the clinical disease and the programme in action.
Video Clips
Short films produced by the BBC, GSK and WHO showing the plight of patients with LF, the global effort to fight LF and country activities in the Philippines and Uganda can be found.
BBC World "Survival" Series
Rockhopper TV produced for BBC World a film series on neglected tropical diseases which can be viewed at http://bbcworldnews.survival.tv
Public Service Announcement (PSA)
60-second video clip created for airing on CNN international in 2008-2009 in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of the GSK and Merck commitments to donate albendazole and MECTIZAN. The PSA gives an overview of the disease and the partnership, and presents a compelling call to action for viewers to support GAELF through the new weblink www.stopLF.org
Elephantiasis anguish in Ghana
Fergus Walsh, Health Correspondent from BBC News at 10, reports from Ghana on 'The disease lymphatic filariasis, known as elephantiasis, continues to cause misery in Africa despite medical advances' (http://www.bbc.co.uk, November 2006)
BBC World "Kill or Cure" Series
Rockhopper TV produced for BBC World a film series. This series can be viewed at http://www.rockhopper.tv/series/6
GlaxoSmithKline financed the production of three films aimed at raising awareness of one of the world's most neglected diseases. To view these films please click on the links below.
Launching The Fight Back (duration 3 mins 53 secs) reports on the early stages of the global effort to make a future without LF
The Patient's Perspective (duration 10 mins 32 secs) brings first hand evidence of the effects of LF on those who suffer, and reports on the early stages of the global effort to make a future without LF
The Patient's Perspective (duration 4 mins 30 secs) is the short version of the above film.
Also, please see link to GSK's website for a collection of their current films
The Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme of the World Health Organization produced four films.
Lymphatic Filariasis: A Winnable Battle (duration 18') a global advocacy film that gives an overview of the problem of LF in the world and explains the role of the Global Alliance. It is available in English and French;
A Movement For Hope (duration 4') a short film for policy-makers and interested parties giving an overview of the Programme and the Partnership. It is available in English and French
A Fair For Health, A Fair For Hope (duration 14') a film about the LF health fair held in the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It is available in English and French
Lymphatic Filariasis: Meeting the Challenge (duration 12') a film about the effort made in Uganda to treat communities with high levels of infection. It is available in English and French
The films are to be used at national and global level. The films are available in English, French and in a non-dubbed "international" format for adaptation to other languages.
The films exists in VHS (PAL, SECAM and NTSC) and CD format from:
Communicable Diseases Information Resource Centre
World Health Organization, Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
fax: +41 22 791 42 85
web: http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-news
e-mail orders at: cdsdoc@who.int
Stop NTDs campaign video