Parasites & Vectors (Jan 2014)

Seventh meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: reaching the vision by scaling up, scaling down, and reaching out

  • Molly Brady,
  • the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-46
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

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Abstract This report summarizes the 7th meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF), Washington DC, November 18–19, 2012. The theme, “A Future Free of Lymphatic Filariasis: Reaching the Vision by Scaling Up, Scaling Down and Reaching Out”, emphasized new strategies and partnerships necessary to reach the 2020 goal of elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public-health problem.

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