01225nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001653003900042653002500081653001800106653001600124653001100140100001500151700001500166245009200181856007900273300001100352490000600363520063600369022001401005       2016                            d10aNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs)10aLymphatic filariasis10aInterventions10aCommunities10aAfrica1 aBockarie M1 aRebollo MP00aReducing the population requiring interventions against lymphatic filariasis in Africa.  uhttp://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/langlo/PIIS2214-109X(15)00292-2.pdf  ae154-50 v43 a<p>The slow progress in endemicity mapping of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa and scaling up of mass drug administration (MDA) in all endemic countries has hampered efforts to meet the London Declaration's 2020 elimination and control targets. Lymphatic filariasis is targeted to be eliminated by 2020; but by the end of 2012, 11 of the 73 countries currently endemic for the disease had not completed the endemicity mapping to define the true number of people requiring interventions. Ten of the 11 partly mapped or unmapped countries were in Africa, where 35 countries are known to be endemic for this disease.</p>
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