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Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027, 3 year ahead of global target: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday called for eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis three years ahead of the global target through the five-pronged roadmap by 2027. Mandaviya was speaking at the National Symposium on India’s Roadmap to Eliminate LF at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi said, “For India, Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is not a neglected disease as may be the case in some other countries, but a priority disease for elimination in a time-bound manner.”