The goal of the National Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (NPELF) is to eliminate LF by 2013.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the Secretariat of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis and provides technical and financial support. Detailed information (endemicity, MDA, monitoring and evaluation) on this and other NPELF can be found on www.who.int/lymphatic_filariais. |
Country data
Population |
5,000,000 |
Endemicity |
At risk population: 3,500,000. All 14 IUs (health districts) are endemic for LF |
Clinical manifestations |
Estimated that there are 100,000 hydrocoele cases and 20,000 have lymphoedema |
Drug regime |
Albendazole – donated by GlaxoSmithKline
Mectizan® - donated by Merck & Co. Inc. |
MDA implementation cycle |
MDA rounds from September to December annually |
Treatment strategy |
Door to Door. Drug distribution in schools only takes place in large towns and cities. |
Social mobilisation |
Radio discussions in all districts; airing of jingles on LF; community meetings with leaders and members of all targeted communities |
Vector control |
No programme |
Co-implementation |
Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Schistosomiasis, Guinea Worm, Onchocerciasis and Human African Trypanosomes |
Recognition
Filaria species |
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Wuchereria bancrofti |
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Onchocerca volvulus |
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Loa loa |
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Mansonella perstans |
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Vectors |
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Anopheles gambiae complex |
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Simulium damnosum sl |
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Culex quinquefasciatus |
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Culicoides spp. |
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An. funestus |
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S. naevis |
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Diagnostics |
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ICT |
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Blood slide |
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Skin snips |
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Blood smears; Mazotti reaction |
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Night blood smears |
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REMO |
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Skin biopsies |
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Counting Chamber |
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Capacity Building
Year |
Type of training |
Number trained |
2007 |
Managment and Diagnosis of LF (District Medical Officers) |
6 |
| Managment and Diagnosis of LF (Nurses/Medical Assistants) |
150 |
Managment and Diagnosis of LF (Maternal and Child Health Aids) |
350 |
Programme Support & Partnerships
The NPELF is included in both the national and district (IU) level budgets
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Activities |
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MDA |
Social Mobilisation |
Morbidity Management |
Hydrocoele Surgery |
Operational Research |
Training |
M&E Surveillance |
Funding Partners |
| Mectizan Donation Program |
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| World Bank |
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Disability prevention programme
No disability plan in operation. Advocacy for disability management will be conducted in 2008.
Budget line
The MOH has no budget line for LF.This is because the LF programme is just starting as part of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Control Programme and the MOH is yet to include a budget for NTDs in its National Plan and budget. |
