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

Molly Brady; Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-46

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

Parasit Vectors. 2014 Jan 23:7:46. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-46.

Authors

Molly Brady¹; Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

Affiliation

¹ RTI International, 701 13 St NW, Suite 750, Washington DC 20005, USA. [email protected].

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.

Publication types

Congress

MeSH terms

Elephantiasis, Filarial / epidemiology*
Elephantiasis, Filarial / prevention & control*
Elephantiasis, Filarial / transmission
Humans
Neglected Diseases