The Carter Center congratulates Nasarawa and Plateau states for becoming the first Nigerian states to stop transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF), a parasitic disease most commonly known for causing elephantiasis, according to a Carter Center press release June 13.

"Nasarawa's and Plateau's achievement, stopping transmission of lymphatic filariasis in two states of Nigeria, Africa's most endemic country, demonstrates that eradication is possible and more than 1 billion people can be protected from this debilitating disease forever," said former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, founder of The Carter Center, which has supported the two Nigerian state governments since 1999 in their effort to prove that LF can be wiped out using currently available tools......http://www.viewpointnigeria.com/lifestyle-mob/item/452-plateau-and-nasarawa-states-stop-the-transmission-of-lymphatic-filariasis-carter-center-congratulates-the-achievement