Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis

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  • KIMURA EISAKU
    Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University

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  • Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis : Roles of Research, International Cooperation, and Participation of Endemic Community Making an Unprecedented Global Program to Eliminate the Neglected Disease into a Reality
  • Roles of Research, International Cooperation, and Participation of Endemic Community Making an Unprecedented Global Program to Eliminate the Neglected Disease into a Reality

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The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) inaugurated in 2000 is a unique ‘adventure’ in a sense that it targets one of the most neglected diseases at a global scale. To accomplish this ambitious program, not only health professionals but community people have been playing an essential role in distributing a huge number of antifilarial drugs. Approximately 500 million people are treated annually worldwide, including numberless ‘neglected’ people in remote rural areas.<br>GPELF is said to be one of the most rapidly expanding global health programs in the history of public health. With its cost-effective, systematic mechanism, 60 of 73 endemic countries are conducting national ‘mass drug administration’ campaign, and 15 of them are now close to the elimination of filariasis.<br>How can this kind of program be implemented and maintained for more than a decade? What are the achievements and their public health and scientific implications? This review summarizes these topics with emphasis on key researches and field operations which have facilitated this unprecedented program.

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