University of Notre Dame Filariasis Project

http://www.haiti.nd.edu

Under the leadership of Fr. Thomas Streit, the University of Notre Dame's Haiti Project and VHF are working together to educate the people of Haiti on lymphatic filariasis.   Plans call for an eradication of lymphatic filariasis by the year 2013 through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and through VHF and parishes, who are a part of the Parish Twinning Program of the Americas.  Co-fortified iodized salt and medications are being administered.