Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in Boudh District of Odisha, India: A Success Story
Abstract
The National Filaria Control Programme (NFCP) has been running in the country since the year 1955 with the strategy of parasite detection, treatment and vector control mainly in urban areas. In the year 1997, the fiftieth World Health Assembly Resolution listed Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) for elimination by 2020 which now has been aligned with the Sustainable Development Goal to be achieved by 2030. India also started its campaign to eliminate LF in 2004. The main strategy of the elimination programme is the Annual Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to progressively reduce and ultimately interrupt LF transmission. The other pillar of the strategy is morbidity management and disability prevention. Odisha state also started its LF elimination campaign in 20 endemic districts out of a total of 30 districts. There has been variable performance among districts and also within the districts at the Sub-district, Block Primary Health Centres or Health Sub-centre levels. Boudh is a centrally located district of Odisha and is one of the LF endemic districts covered under MDA since 2005.
The average population coverage during MDA in Boudh district was reported to be more than 65% since 2004, however, in the last five rounds of MDA. the Mf rate was < 1% with a compliance of > 80%. The district qualified for undertaking the Transmission Assessment Survey (TAS). The district has been validated for having achieved the elimination threshold by successfully clearing the transmission assessment survey (TAS).
How to cite this article:
Pradhan MM, Kumari S, Somalkar N, Srivastava PK. Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in Boudh District of Odisha, India: A Success Story. XIV Annual Conference of Indian Society for Malaria & Other Communicable Diseases (ISMOCD). 2023;111-116.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/0019.5138.202345
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