Zanzibar steps up efforts to eliminate elephantiasis by 2030

Since 2010, the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar has completed 20 rounds of mass drug administration.

For this purpose, WHO supplies antifilarial medication, which treats around 1.5 million people a year.

As Zanzibar strives to successfully complete a pre-transmission assessment survey, used to monitor progress, health authorities are targeting mass drug administration in hotspots to achieve elimination by 2030.

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