Haiti has finally carried out a nationwide campaign to get rid of the parasitic worms that cause elephantiasis. Haiti has waged other campaigns against the condition, characterized by severe ...

More than 150 million people worldwide are infected with filarial parasites -- long, thread-like worms that can live for years inside the human body and cause severe, debilitating diseases such as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For years, people in a remote high-altitude area of Western Uganda suffered from bouts of itching, pain and ...

Treatment for elephantiasis includes medications, symptom management, and, sometimes, surgery. Although medically known as lymphatic filariasis, the term elephantiasis is commonly used because ...

Tens of millions of people in Africa are infected by parasitic worms that cause lymphatic filariasis (also called elephantiasis), a disease that leads to severe swelling and deformities of the limbs ...

In Satara district, an increase in elephantiasis cases has prompted urgent action from the district health and welfare departments. Currently, 47 cases of the disease have been reported across several ...

A Brazilian man with elephantiasis, a rare condition in which people's limbs become discolored and swell to enormous sizes, was recently featured on the popular Animal Planet show "River Monsters," ...

As a typical African child who started his education in the 70s, Alexander’s academic journey has been quite challenging. He began in Akyem Buadua in the Eastern Region. By his sixth year of primary ...