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108Annual Report on Lymphatic Filariasis 2003of secondary infection. Training programmes on Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 18–21 November 2003 for thehydrocelectomy have been held in some countries to South Asia and Mekong-Plus countries. Model implementationplans were drawn up by the country teamsdeal with this aspect of filarial disability. Bangladesh,through the initiative of its programme manager and to set up pilot projects in their respective countries forwith the assistance of the Government of Japan, has community home-based health care for LF disability.set up a Filaria Hospital — probably the only one of itskind in the world. It is an active centre for the treatmentof lymphoedema and hydrocele.LF elimination activities. In 2003, nearly 32.5 millionAt present, all five endemic countries have startedpeople were covered by MDA. The geographical coverageof the South Asia PRG can be seen in Figure 3.183WHO/TDR organized a Workshop on Prevention of DisabilityAssociated with Lymphatic Filariasis, held in below.Figure 3.183 South Asia Programme Review Group: geographical coverage a by country in 2003Chapter 3 Programme implementationBangladesh a 13.4%IndiaNepal3.4%2.3%Sri Lanka100%0 25 50 75 100percentage of coverageaGeographical coverage = total population in IUs where MDA is taking place x 100/total population of all endemic IUs.