A campaign has been launched by the Government of India to eliminate lymphatic filariasis disease. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav has launched a nationwide bi-annual mass drug administration campaign to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. The second phase has been started for the year 2024. The campaign will target 63 endemic districts in Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh and preventive medicines will be provided door-to-door in endemic areas. What is lymphatic filariasis? Lymphatic filariasis (LF), also known as elephantiasis, is a serious…
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