The world health organization (WHO) is due to officialy announce on 21st of July that Sri Lanka has eliminate filaria according to the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala.
Through this Sri Lanka will become the second country in the south east asian region after Maldives that eliminate filaria.
WHO has announced a world wide programme to eliminate the disease filaria from it"s member countries by the year 2020.To achieve that target a country needs to keep the micro worm rate below 1% and Sri Lanka has achieved that by keeping that rate below 1% Dr.Mahipala has stated during a special press briefing held at Health Education Bureau in Colombo yesterday (15).
Although Sri Lanka has eliminate the filaria disease which dominated mainly in eight districts belonging to Western,North Western and Southern Provinces over the decades A large number of filaria patients have been reported this year from Galle District the Anti Filaria Campaign has announced.
Out of the 32 filaria patients reported from the islsnd this year 24 patients have been reported from Galle the Campaign has stressed.
Through this Sri Lanka will become the second country in the south east asian region after Maldives that eliminate filaria.
WHO has announced a world wide programme to eliminate the disease filaria from it"s member countries by the year 2020.To achieve that target a country needs to keep the micro worm rate below 1% and Sri Lanka has achieved that by keeping that rate below 1% Dr.Mahipala has stated during a special press briefing held at Health Education Bureau in Colombo yesterday (15).
Although Sri Lanka has eliminate the filaria disease which dominated mainly in eight districts belonging to Western,North Western and Southern Provinces over the decades A large number of filaria patients have been reported this year from Galle District the Anti Filaria Campaign has announced.
Out of the 32 filaria patients reported from the islsnd this year 24 patients have been reported from Galle the Campaign has stressed.
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