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Filariasis  
Filariasis is one of the most important diseases in the Coast Province from the 
viewpoint of public health.    However, research activities have stagnated since 1985, 
after termination of the research on filariasis control by the Netherlands. 
In view of this situation, JICA started to cooperate in a study on filariasis control from 
1990 to 1996 based on a request from GOK. 
This study aimed to see the infection development of filariasis from its 
epidemiological aspects and to investigate effective control measures, as well as the 
improvement of diagnosis, the detection of the prevalent range and the development of 
mass-chemotherapy that was carried out in the field research on schistosomiasis.  
However, the need for filariasis control was not realized by the village people, due to 
the fact that few symptoms of filariasis appear during the incubation period.    Thus, 
the consensus of the community to undergo mass-chemotherapy treatment also could 
not be developed during the study period.