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Footage from the 6th Meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

December 21st, 2010

As we mentioned, the 6th Meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) met from June 1 – June 3, 2010 and focused on developing strategies for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination for the next 10 years. Working with public and private partners, GAELF mobilizes political, financial, and technical resources to achieve LF elimination. Within this past decade, The Global Program has already established interventions to address LF in 51 of the 80 endemic countries. The 6th meeting held this past June focused on new strategies for elimination for the next decade. GAELF recently posted footage from the three day meeting, which can be viewed here.

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Reading List 6/14/2010

June 14th, 2010

A new list of reads to start off your week! Last week, the Global Network hosted a Congressional Briefing on NTD control – check out a synopsis from VOA News (linked below). Also on today’s reading list, global commitment to eliminate elephantiasis, aid workers’ return to Haiti, and the role of scientists in vaccine development.


Researchers, USAID Seek More Money To Fight NTDs, Nico Colombant, VOA News
Global Health Partnership on Track to Eliminate Elephantiasis by 2020, PR Newswire
Wounded Carroll County Aid Workers Return to Haiti, Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun
Researchers are out of race for the top job, Financial Times

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6th Meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF)

June 2nd, 2010

The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) is an initiative to support the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) by way of public-private health partnerships and resource mobilization. The organization is currently holding its 6th GAELF meeting in Seoul, Korea “to further accelerate the global effort for LF elimination as well as relevant research studies.” This three day meeting beginning June 1 – June 3, 2010 is focusing on developing strategies for LF elimination for the next 10 years. Within this past decade, The Global Program has already established interventions to address LF in 51 of the 80 endemic countries.

Lymphatic filariasis, which is one of the seven most common NTDs, is caused by a worm and spread to humans by infected mosquitoes. Also known as elephantiasis, LF affects more than 40 million people worldwide and is one of the most socially stigmatizing NTDs due to its disfiguring effect. The disease can be treated using a combination of drugs with a cost of just a few pennies. For more information about LF and the 6th Meeting of GAELF, please visit GAELF’s website: http://www.filariasis.org/

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