22 Feb 2022 | Lenias Hwenda | Let's Talk about Health in Africa | NTD Series This is how Egypt, Togo and Malawi achieved lymphatic filariasis elimination  | Dr Didier Bakajika | WHO Technical Officer for Neglected Tropical Diseases (Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis)  Dr Didier Bakajika talks to us about the challenge of lymphatic filariasis prevention and control and how countries like Egypt, Malawi and Togo that managed to achieve eliminated reached this milestone. He also explains the importance of data and how the WHO ESPEN programme is supporting countries to enable systematic data collection in order to enhance the effectiveness of prevention and control programs. Overall, there is progress but there are a number of things that Dr Bakajika says that countries need to do to accelerate our progress towards elimination.  

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