– targets 30,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/AS-Roma-FC/,000As the Ministry of Health continues its national deworming exercise in the country, Health Minister,Emre Can Jersey, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has announced that the exercise has been fully integrated in Region Five, and at the end of February,Jherson Vergara Jersey, the programme will begin in Region Six.At a media conference held last Saturday, Dr. Ramsammy said that more than 30,000 households will be visited in Region Six, while it is estimated that almost 120,Mike Williams Chargers Jersey,000 people will be treated in the region.In the next two weeks, the Ministry is expected to mobilize non governmental organizations (NGO’s), churches and other volunteers in an effort to successfully complete the exercise.The deworming exercise is geared mainly at eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in Guyana.The programme was first introduced in Region Five, where the ministry reached out to approximately 50,000 persons.One of the conditions that results from LF is hydrocele (swelling of genitals), and in the last three years, the ministry has seen an 88 percent reduction in the diagnosis of new cases of hydrocele.? Globally, more than 120 million persons live with LF, with more than 40 million suffering from debilitating conditions such as lymphoedema (swelling of limbs and breasts),Kendell Beckwith Womens Jersey, swelling of genitals (hydrocele) and swelling of limbs with thick, rough and fissured skin (elephantiasis). Almost 20,000 Guyanese live with these conditions.During the course of the exercise, volunteers will be distributing albendezol and Dec pills, which prevents against LF.Everyone, excepting children under two-years-old, lactating,Taco Charlton Jersey, and pregnant women will be offered the treatment.