Authors: Malecela, M. N.¹; Mwingira, U.¹; Mwakitalu, M. E.¹; Kabali, C.¹; Michael, E.²; Mackenzie, C. D.³

Source: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Volume 103, Supplement 1, October 2009 , pp. 53-57(5)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

The Tanzania Lymphatic Filariasis Programme, which was launched in 2000, is, in terms of geographical coverage, among the largest disease-control programmes in Tanzania's history, currently reaching 9.4 million people in 34 districts. The issues associated with this programme's implementation are reviewed here, in the context of the various players/stakeholders involved. This article provides an insight of how the programme began and discusses key areas in the programme's design. Mainly, however, it gives some impressions of how the programme is perceived by, and how it affects, village healthworkers, patients and politicians — the people who contribute to the implementation of the programme at various levels.

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Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/000349809X12502035776676

Affiliations: 1: Tanzania Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme, National Institute for Medical Research, Ocean Road, P.O. Box 9653, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania 2: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, U.K. 3: Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A.

Publication date: 2009-10-01

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