São Tomé and Príncipe: 5,000 test negative for lymphatic filariasis
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Telanon
Around 5,000 people tested in São Tomé and Príncipe have tested negative for lymphatic filariasis, locally known as GIBA, according to Jéssica Vicente, coordinator of the national programme against neglected tropical diseases. A third survey is assessing the impact of treatments carried out in 2018, 2019 and 2020, after two studies found prevalence had fallen from between 0.5 and 4% to 0.2%, reports Téla Nón.
Around 5,000 people tested in São Tomé and Príncipe have tested negative for lymphatic filariasis, locally known as GIBA, according to Jéssica Vicente, coordinator of the national programme to combat neglected tropical diseases. The ongoing third impact assessment could confirm that the country is nearing the elimination of the disease, she told Téla Nón.
The survey assesses the effects of mass treatments carried out across the country in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Its findings are expected to measure how lymphatic filariasis has changed since the campaigns.
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