The Ministry of Public Health’s Vector Control Services is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) office in Guyana to launch a revised Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign to eliminate filaria (lymphatic filariasis).
Lymphatic Filariasis, also known as Elephantiasis, is a parasitic infection caused by worms transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
According to a statement from the Department of Public Information (DPI), this campaign is tentatively scheduled to commence in each of eight regions, during the last week of October and will run for 14 days and is part of a strategy to eliminate the disease from Guyana and by extension the Americas, for good.
