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Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program - Stories From the Field 

 
27 Nov 2007

Group Brings Hope to Nigerians Disfigured by Swollen Limbs
Swathed in a loose-fitting tunic conservatively hiding his deformed right leg, 38-year-old Hamisu Isa pulls up a white plastic chair to join a group of his fellow Nigerians under two mango trees in the city of Jos.

19 Dec 2006
Many Forgotten Diseases, One Integrated Approach
Over the past two decades, The Carter Center, in partnership with Nigerian health authorities, has created a village-based health care delivery infrastructure to treat multiple diseases simultaneously. Thanks to these interventions, children can have the opportunity to grow up no longer fearing the blindness, disfigurement, organ damage, and life-sapping fevers that their parents suffered.

1 May 2006
'Dr. Water' Pours New Life into Rural Nigerian Communities with Carter Center Health Programs (PDF)
Profile of  Dr. Emmanuel Miri, Spring 2006 Carter Center News (pdf).

1 May 2005
Innovative Approach to Disease Control Multiplies Results
This article was originally published in the Spring 2005 issue of The Carter Center News.

31 August 2004
Stories From the Field: Hamisu Isa
Sitting on a white plastic chair, Hamisu Isa, 35, listens to members of his lymphatic filariasis support group describe their symptoms, challenges, successes, and hopes. For years, he has suffered from the disease's severest form, elephantiasis.