The Health Protection Agency confirmed 19 Filariasis cases among migrant workers in Kulhudhuffushi City, prompting a special taskforce that has already screened 295 migrants. The disease, previously declared eradicated in the Maldives in 2016, has resurfaced amid ongoing screening, treatment and mosquito control efforts.
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19 Filariasis Cases Confirmed Among Migrant Workers in Kulhudhuffushi
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The taskforce, comprising officials from Kulhudhuffushi Hospital, the local council, and other relevant bodies, has already screened 295 migrants.
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The last reported case of Filariasis in the Maldives was in 2004 in Fonadhoo, Laamu Atoll.
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After comprehensive surveys and a WHO evaluation in 2011, the Maldives was declared free of Filariasis in 2016.
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A resurgence of Filariasis, a disease previously eradicated in the Maldives, has prompted the establishment of a special taskforce following the confirmation of 19 cases among a group of migrant workers in Kulhudhuffushi City.
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