Category: lymphatic filariasis

Closer than Ever

Some of the world’s most accomplished disease experts—including several of my colleagues in CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM)—are gathering in Geneva this week at the NTD Summit 2017. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic, bacterial, and viral diseases that cause illness and disability in more than 1.5 billion people Read More >

April 19, 2017 by CAPT Stephanie Bialek, Chief, Parasitic Diseases, Division of Parasitic Disease and Malaria

Archive, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), parasitic diseases

Guinea worm disease, London Declaration, lymphatic filariasis, NTD Summit, onchocerciasis, Tanzania, trachoma

April 7 is World Health Day

On this Page Malaria The Reality of Outbreak Investigations: Dengue in Angola Chagas disease and the kissing bug Lymphatic filariasis: Spotlight on elimination in Haiti April 7 marks World Health Day. This year World Health Day focuses on vector-borne diseases. More than half the world is at risk from vector-borne diseases. What exactly is a Read More >

April 7, 2014 by CDC Global

Archive, child health, infectious disease, malaria, mosquito-borne disease, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), parasitic diseases

Angola, Chagas Disease, dengue, Haiti, lymphatic filariasis, vector-borne diseases, World Health Day