Lymphatic Filariasis: Analysis of morbidity in Burkina Faso

The National Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) was launched in Burkina Faso in 2001. Since then, the prevalence of the disease in the health districts has fallen considerably thanks to mass drug treatment. However, after 18 years of managing the chronic complications of the disease, the socio-sanitary situation of the victims is still worrying, particularly in the districts that are still endemic. LF is very often superimposed on poverty, misery and even social exclusion. The physical, psychological and social suffering experienced by these chronically ill people is likely to aggravate their already precarious living conditions.In the course of our investigation, we realised that this Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) is the prerogative of particularly deprived social strata, in hostile environments. This is why measures aimed at directly supporting those affected in their respective communities must be undertaken as soon as possible, if we are to hope for a Burkina Faso completely free of this disease and its burden.

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Titular de un Máster en Desarrollo en Salud Internacional por la Universidad Senghor de Alejandría (Egipto) desde mayo de 2019, soy Agregado de Salud en Epidemiología para el Estado de Burkina Faso.Actualmente, busco nuevos retos en el ámbito de la salud pública y el trabajo humanitario.