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ELIMINATION
PROGRAM
FILARIASIS
- Also known as Elephentiasis
- is a parasitic disease caused by
an infection with roundworms of
the Filarioidea type.
1. INTERRUPTION TRANSMISSION
2. CONTROL AMD REDUCE THE MORBIDITY
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
• A sign of the DOH's commitment to eliminate the disease, the
program's strategy shifted from control to elimination strategies
was evident in an Administrative Order no. 25-A, s. 1998 issued
in 2004.
• A major strategy of the Elimination Plan was the Mass Annual
Treatment using the combination drug, Diethylcarbamazine
Citrate and Albendazole for a minimum of 5 years to individual
ages 2 years old and above living in established endemic areas
after the issuance from WHO of the safety data on the use the
drugs.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
• The Philippine Plan was approved by WHO which gave the
government free supply of Albendazole (donated by GSK thru
WHO) for filariasis elimination.
• An administrative order declaring “November as Filariasis Mass
Treatment Month” was signed by the Secretary of Health was
issued on that same year.
• In 2010, a guideline in the prevention of disabilities due to
lymphatic filariasis in support to effective implementation of
management of morbidity and prevention of disabilities due to
filariasis.
STRATEGIES
1. Mass Drug Administration
2. Disability Management
3. Monitoring thru Midterm Sentinel surveys
and Evaluation thru Transmission Assessment
Survey
4. Post Validation Surveillance
5. Private-Public Partnership