MDA against filariasis in eleven districts - The Hindu

MDA is a WHO-endorsed programme for eliminating filariasis, which involves the administration of one dose of DEC (Diethyl Carbamazine citrate) and Albendazole tablets every year to everyone in regions where filariasis is endemic. India has a huge burden of ...

Doctor Infects Himself with Hookworm for Health Experiment - Time

I am able to do things like eat bread, which is great.” At the end of the experiment, Logan was able to rid his body of the worms by taking the anti-worming drug albendazole. Some onlookers thought the scientist’s self-experiment was a bit unwise.

World Vision donates two million tablets to Health Ministry - sierraexpressmedia.com

World Vision Sierra Leone a child focused non-governmental organization through its Gift in Kind Program has donated two million tablets of  Albendazole to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to be administered during deworming exercise for children in ...

Mass administration of DEC tablets to check lymphatic filariasis - The Hindu

Those over 16 years of age will be given three DEC tablets. Apart from DEC tablets, each person will now be given an additional tablet of ‘Albendazole.' The tablets have to be taken in a single dose after food. About 14.39 lakh persons in the rural areas ...

Lymphatic filariasis - World Health Organization

The recommended regimen for treatment through mass drug administration (MDA) is a single dose of two medicines given together - albendazole (400 mg) plus either ivermectin (150-200 mcg/kg) in areas where onchocerciasis (river blindness) is also endemic or ...

Australia - Dealing with liver fluke - Meattradenewsdaily (blog)

Alternatives to triclabendazole for use in cattle include products containing albendazole, clorsulon and/or nitroxynil. There is currently only one product on the market that is non-triclabendazole based and matches its capacity to control all stages of ...

Anti-filariasis campaign - Express Buzz

Over 17,000 volunteers will cover a little over nine lakh households in the district to distribute Di-Ethyl Carbomazine (DEC) tablets and Albendazole tablets, health officials said. As many as 17,468 volunteers will cover 9.02 lakh homes in the district as ...