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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
By which year is the “Mass Drug Administration” campaign expected to eliminate Filariasis from India?
A
2026
B
2027
C
2025
D
2024
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mansukh Mandaviya to eliminate Filariasis by 2027, three years ahead of the global target. High-burden districts in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh jointly launched the campaign today.

Detailed explanation-2: -After pilot project in Orissa from 1949 to 1954, the National Filaria Control Programme (NFCP) was launched in the country in 1955, with the objective of delimiting the problem, to undertake control measures in endemic areas and to train personnel to man the programme.

Detailed explanation-3: -Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) is the drug of choice in the United States. The drug kills the microfilariae and some of the adult worms. DEC has been used world-wide for more than 50 years.

Detailed explanation-4: -India is committed to eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027, three years ahead of the global target through mission mode, multi partner, multi sector, targeted drive for which we have drawn up the roadmap”.

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