In many Indian villages, people living with lymphatic filariasis still recall the day their leg began to swell. It starts innocuously, with a slight puffiness around the ankle or knee. Over time, the ...

THE Federal Government says 31.1 million Nigerians no longer require treatment for lymphatic filariasis, while 16 million people no longer need medication for onchocerciasis, marking a public health ...

The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.

A small U.S. foreign aid program worked for nearly two decades to help countries eliminate tropical diseases that aren't known to many people. The Trump administration ended the program in January.