The ministry said the mass treatment campaign was meant to prevent disability, pain and social stigma.
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Mass vaccination against elephantiasis underway

THE Health ministry is carrying out a national mass treatment campaign against elephantiasis, a disfiguring disease spread by mosquitoes infected with the parasitic worm called filariae. The ministry said the mass treatment campaign was meant to prevent disability, pain and social stigma. “It is a public health problem in Zimbabwe and a cause of disability,…

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