The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to launch a three-week intensive campaign in 47 districts to eradicate Filaria from Uttar Pradesh. Filaria campaign in Uttar Pradesh will start from 25 ...

The health department seems to be unaware, though filaria has witnessed a rising trend in the district in past few years. KANPUR: The health department seems to be unaware, though filaria has ...

Fight against lymphatic filariasis: Mass drug administration drive to target 1.5 lakh in Vidarbha ...

It’s a common belief that when a woman contracts an infection during her pregnancy, she can shield her child against it, at least temporarily. How is this possible? Well, it is believed that the ...

Filaria is a long, thread-like roundworm called Wuchereria Bancrofti that lives as a parasite in the bodies of human beings and animals. The male worm is shorter than the female and it has a curved ...

The Ministry of Public Health’s Vector Control Services is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) office in Guyana to launch a revised Mass Drug ...

For those who don’t know, Filaria or Lymphatic Filariasis or Elephantiasis is a tropical disease that isn’t known to many. This disease causes lymphatic system impairment which leads to abnormal ...

Sabin Vaccine Institute and Global Network have rolled out a two minute film that has been conceptualised by Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai. The film falls in line with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare ...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is set to launch a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) program on August 10, 2025, to eliminate filaria, a mosquito-borne disease. The campaign, which will target approximately 44.3 ...

Goa will be a 'filaria free' state by this year, said director of health service. PANAJI: Goa will be a 'filaria free' state by this year, said director of health service. Addressing mediapersons on ...

Filaria taxideae n. sp. is described from the subcutaneous tissue of the ventral side of badgers, Taxidea taxus taxus (Schreber, 1778), from Albany County, Wyoming, and is also identified from Taxidea ...