1. Global burden of LF Around 1.4 billion people in 73 countries at risk Over 120 million infected About 40 million disfigured and incapacitated

2. Regional Targets By the end of 2013 Maldives & Sri Lanka “Certified” as having achieved LF elimination ≥ 5 rounds of MDA completed in at least half of the IUs in BAN, IND, MYR &NEP will initiate measures to “Stop” MDA in these IUs Scale-up MDA to cover the entire endemic population in INO & TLS Scale-up disability prevention and alleviation activities in all countries By the end of 2015 Thailand “Certified” as having achieved LF elimination ≥ 5 rounds of MDA completed in all Ius in BAN, IND, MYR & NEP Action to “Stop” MDA initiated in BAN, IND, MYR & NEP Indonesia initiates measures to “Stop” MDA in IUs which have completed ≥ 5 rounds of MDA Disability prevention & alleviation activities continued in all countries Post-MDA surveillance established in all countries

3. STH in SEAR Endemic in all 11 countries 8 countries are considered as moderate-high burden An estimated 371 million (42% of global burden) children in SEA require treatment India and Indonesia together bear 80% of the regional burden Preventive chemotherapy (PC) through de- worming programme exist in all countries

4. LF in South-East Asia Region SEA Region bears 63% (875 million) of people at risk of LF and 50% (60 million) of infected people All three lymphatic filarial parasites (W.bancrofti, Brugia malayi, B.timori) are prevlaent in the Region 9 out of 11 Member States are endemic for LF Three Member States have reached elimination target

5. South-East Asia Region 2013 PC implementation LF STHSCH PreSACSAC Adults Number of countries requiring PC 1 681 Number of people requiring PC700.9M100.9M254.3M3K- Number of countries reporting 2 6570 Number of people treated253.6M17.8M87.6MNo data- Coverage (%) 3 36.217.733.20- 1 Number of endemic countries moved to PTS stage are not included in total. 2 Number of countries reporting data on PC implementation. Countries submitted blank reports are not included in total. 3 Coverage is calculated as number of people treated in need of PC out of population requiring PC.

6. Priority countries requiring PC in SEAR, 2013 2013 PC implementation LF STHSCH PreSACSAC Adults India Number of people requiring PC489.1M63.1M157.5M Number of people treated177.6M11.3M37.6M Coverage (%) 3 36.317.923.9 Indonesia Number of people requiring PC99.7M19.4M48.3M3K- Number of people treated23.4M1.4M4.7MNo data- Coverage (%) 3 23.57.39.7- Bangladesh Number of people requiring PC49.7M12.1M31.8M Number of people treated7.1M0.4M27.3M Coverage (%) 3 14.43.685.9 Myanmar Number of people requiring PC39.5M3.5M8.9M Number of people treated29.33.2M7.7M Coverage (%) 3 74.291.587.0 Nepal Number of people requiring PC21.9M2.4M6.7M Number of people treated16.1M1.5M6.4M Coverage (%) 3 73.862.295.1 CountriesLF STHSCH PreSACSAC Adults DPR of Korea100 Timor-LesteNo PC Bhutan 2013 COVERAGE in other 3 COUNTRIES

7. Progress towards LF elimination