The National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme (NLFEP) of the Federal Ministry of Health, has revealed that an estimated 138 million people in
Other approaches, according to him include Integrated Vector Management and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene .
According to Davies, MAM is on-going in 531 LGAs of 34 States and FCT. He, however, noted that the exercise has stopped in 51 LGAs of five States after conduct of transmission assessment survey while one LGA of Borno State is yet to commence MAM. He added that out of the 6,067 hydrocele cases reported in 248 LGAs of 18 States & FCT, only 5,114 of them had corrective surgeries in 208 LGAs of 15 States & FCT.
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