His legs are also swollen from elephantiasis, scientifically known as lymphatic filariasis. In Bofa, we meet 45-year-old Changawa Bulushi who works as a security guard at a nearby primary school.

The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division says all preparations for a mass drug administration drive have been completed in seven districts where the lymphatic filariasis disease, known more ...

Ethnomedical uses: If the root is added to water, it is used as an abortifacient. Among the Konyagi, the warmed leaves are applied as a dressing against pain, particularly in cases of elephantiasis.

commonly known as elephantiasis, dengue and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala azar. As the summer sets in, so does the threat of transmission of these diseases with the heat creating fertile ...

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As for patients suffering from elephantiasis complications, he said a total of 76 cases had been registered, although no new cases had been reported since 2004. Lymphatic filariasis or ...

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Other parasitic and bacterial tropical diseases targeted by the aid are river blindness, disabling elephantiasis, blinding trachoma and bilharzia - an infection that can be fatal. Mr Alexander said: ...