Recent news on Diethylcarbamazine

MDA programme fails to yield results  -  May 24, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),Sources said the Government had introduced the programme to provide free Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) tablets to all people of the district for five

MDA programme halts due to lack of DEC tablets  -  Apr 12, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),...(lephantiasis) in Dakshina Kannada district has been shelved due to lack of supply of Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (DEC) tablets from the Centre.

Drug-treated salt helps limb swelling  -  Mar 2, 2007
Earthtimes.orgIndia, found that DEC-medicated salt -- salt treated with the drug diethylcarbamazine, or DEC -- is effective at reducing transmission of the disease,

Drug-Enriched Salt Could Prevent Devastating Tropical Disease  -  Mar 5, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)-mediated salt for community-based control of lymphatic filariasis. (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1.

Drug-Enriched Salt Could Prevent Devastating Tropical Disease  -  Mar 20, 2007
Science Daily (press release)But it remains a challenge to get governments to enrich their salt with the drug, diethylcarbamazine, or DEC. “Biologically and medically, it’sa great tool.

State to kick off drive against filariasis  -  25 Feb 2007
Mumbai Newsline,With the exception of children below two years, pregnant mothers and severely ill persons, the target population will be given Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

No need for accreditation of hospitals: Govt.  -  Dec 13, 2006
Hindu,Health Minister A Ramadoss said these included annual Mass Drug Administration of single-dose of Diethylcarbamazine Citrate (DEC) for five years or more to

RP expects to eliminate major disease by 2010  -  Dec 1, 2006
INQ7.net,Through MDAs, individuals two years old and above will be given a combination of drugs -- abendazole and diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) -- once for the

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