Ads by Google Ads by Google

Lymphatic Filariasis

CDC logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The fourth Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for the Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) campaign on island got underway last Sunday morning with a special service at the Leone village Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa (CCCAS) attended by members of the Department of...
Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department is launching next week Monday, Aug. 14  through Sept. 22 — the fourth round of Mass Drug Administration to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in American Samoa — which the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says, “is the last...
Lynette Suiaunoa-Scanlan
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has started the “impact assessment survey” targeting eight villages on Tutuila following the third round of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa that was carried out between October and November last...
Baggies of Lymphatic Filariasis pills
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has reached over 6,000 people since launching last month, the third round of Mass Drug Administration, to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in American Samoa, says project coordinator, Joshua Naseri during a DoH news conference last week Friday....
The causative agents of lymphatic filariasis
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Health Department’s third-round of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) kicked off over the weekend with a church service on Sunday at the Nu'uuli Methodist Church. It was officially launched the following day, as DoH teams began their village...
The causative agents of lymphatic filariasis
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department is launching today, Oct. 18th — through Nov. 18th — the third round of Mass Drug Administration to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in American Samoa — which the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says is the only U.S...
American Samoa Dept. of Health logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafa Satele is a single dad. He is a farmer and a chef. He is very adamant about exercising and living healthy. So when his 13-year-old son came home last week and told him that he had taken the lymphatic filariasis pills during a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) at his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  Pictured is a local 34-year-old woman living with lymphatic filariasis or elephantiasis commonly known as mumu tutupa in Samoan. The mosquito-borne parasitic disease is affecting her lymphatic system responsible for maintaining fluid balance in the body. The...
Lt. Gov. Lemanu Sialega Palepoi Mauga taking pills
Lt. Gov. Lemanu Sialega Palepoi Mauga (middle) taking pills for lymphatic filariasis during yesterday’s Mass Drug Administration launch at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. Lemanu delivered special remarks at the opening ceremony to launch the MDA. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]
American Samoa Dept. of Health logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Monday, September 24, 2018, the Department of Health, with the support of Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga, cabinet members, legislature, government and non-government agencies, faith-based denominations and communities at large launched the lymphatic filariasis (LF)...

Pages