Haiti National Program for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis--a model of success in the face of adversity

Significant progress has been made in the effort to develop a national LF program in Haiti, thanks to the highly motivated staff of the Ministry of Public Health and the Population (MSPP) and partners and critical funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBM, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Abbott Foundation, PepsiCo, the Frank Eck Family Foundation, and other private donors. Acknowledgments We thank the dedicated LF teams in Léogâne, Milot, and Port-au-Prince, the committed staff and trainees from all of the partners, the community volunteers around the country, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the generous donation of albendazole, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CDC, UND, IMA World Health (IMAWH), Abbott and Abbvie funds, USAID, RTI International, Partners for Philanthropic Change, Frank Eck Family Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank, and PepsiCo Foundation for supporting program development.