A Review of 21 Years of TDR/WHO and ICMR Sponsored Filariasis Research at T. D. Medical College, Alappuzha

Abstract

‘Filariasis Chemotherapy Unit’ (FCU), the lymphatic filariasis (LF) research unit, sponsored by the TDR/WHO and ICMR was established in T. D. Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha in 1989. This centre is now well recognized both at national and international levels being the only one in the world conducting clinical research in Brugian filariasis. Till date, 19 research projects have been completed in this unit successfully, in the span of last 21 years and presently there are two ongoing projects. This unit is recognized by TDR/WHO and NICD for training in LF disability management, because of the pioneering work done here