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Lymphatic Filariasis

The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

We are an active partner in one of the world’s biggest and boldest public health initiatives - the international, World Health Organization (WHO) led effort - to rid the world of the disfiguring and disabling tropical disease lymphatic filariasis (LF).

LF, a mosquito-transmitted disease is one of the principal causes of permanent disability globally and currently more than 120 million people in Asia, Africa and Latin America are affected.

As part of our commitment to eliminate LF, to date we have donated over 2.6 billion treatments to help stop transmission of the disease in over 50 countries.  In 2011 alone, we donated 603 million albendazole treatments.  Our aim is to donate as much albendazole as required to treat the one billion people in over 80 countries who are at risk from this disease.

Our commitment does not stop with the donation of albendazole. We also provide grants and staff expertise to support the coalition-building, planning, training and communication activities of the Global Alliance to Eliminate LF.

The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) was officially formed in 2000. We are a founder member of the Alliance that now includes the Ministries of Health of LF-endemic countries and over 40 organisations from public and private sectors, academia, government bodies and non-governmental organisations: all committed to eliminating LF.

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