Unveiling the gendered abyss: exploring the case of women with lymphatic filariasis and the path to inclusive care in India.

Introduction: Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease (NTD), affects tropical regions marked by poor socioeconomic conditions and often results in non-curable filarial lymphedema. The impact of LF is often disproportionate, adversely affecting women due to a multitude of intersecting disadvantages. There has been little effort to understand the unique illness experience of women with LF.

Clinical Benefits of Supervised Home Care of the Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention Under National Filariasis Elimination Programme.

Mass drug administration and morbidity management and disability prevention (MMDP) though considered as two pillars of global program for elimination of filariasis, implementation of MMDP was disregarded in several endemic countries. Limb hygiene is the main component of MMDP and to address its overall clinical benefits, a community-based study was undertaken in three sets of populations. After obtaining written informed consent, clinical, quality of life (QoL) assessments were carried out and lymphedema volume was measured for three groups of lymphedema patients at intake, at 6, and 12 months follow-up.

Application of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale and Its Correlation with Lymphedema Health-Related Quality of Life on Lower Limb Filarial Lymphedema Patients.

This study carried out as a part of the lymphedema (LE)-osteoarthritis project to know the feasibility and applicability of lower extremity functional scale (LEFS) and LE health-related quality of life (LEHRQoL) among filarial LE patients of the lower extremity. Following inclusion and exclusion criteria 30 LE patients and 30 controls were recruited in the study. After obtaining informed written consent, Tamil version of the two "self-reporting assessment tools" LEFS and LEHRQoL were applied to all the participants by two examiners independently.