Budget 2017: Eliminate filariasis

India aims to eliminate lymphatic filariasis by the end of 2017. Previously mentioned in a national health policy in 2002, it was aimed to be eliminated by 2015. Like many of the other disease mentioned during the 2017 budget, previous deadlines for elimination have not been met. This casts a shadow of doubt over the …

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