Clinical Benefits of Supervised Home Care of the Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention Under National Filariasis Elimination Programme.
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DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2019.0058
Abstract: Introduction: Mass drug administration and morbidity management and disability prevention (MMDP) though considered as two pillars of global program for elimination of filariasis, implementation of MMDP was disregarded in several endemic countries. Limb hygiene is… read more here.
Keywords: clinical benefits; management disability; lymphedema patients; mmdp ... See more keywords
Morbidity management and disability prevention for lymphatic filariasis in Sri Lanka: Current status and future prospects
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006472
Abstract: Background Sri Lanka was acknowledged to have eliminated lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem in 2016, largely due to its success in Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to interrupt disease transmission. Analysis of the… read more here.
Keywords: filariasis; sri lanka; lymphatic filariasis; program ... See more keywords