Morbidity management and disability prevention for lymphatic filariasis in Sri Lanka: Current status and future prospects.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Nilmini Chandrasena, Ranjan Premaratna, Indeewarie E Gunaratna, Nilanthi R de Silva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Pillar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006472; https://doaj.org/article/a5c027ad96b6464581a924bcfe62297e

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 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of the national Morbidit...