Malawi becomes the second country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

Published on October 29, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Malawi has been validated to have eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. WHO Weekly Epidemilogical Record

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