Guyana ready to take the lead in eliminating filariasis – Ramsammy

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says Guyana is ready to play a leading regional role in the elimination of filariasis after ten years of targeting the problem and reducing the national prevalence from a record high of almost 10% of the population to about 4%.

Guyana remains one of four countries in the Americas with active transmission of W. bancrofti,