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Captured in 2015, at the Kebila Health Center, Mali, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff member, Caitlin Worrell, this image depicted a 47-year-old patient named Mia, who due to lymphatic filariasis (LF), had suffered with lymphedema for 30-years. Her leg showed signs of stage-3 lymphedema with shallow folds and swelling. Here, with the help of a health worker, Mia, was demonstrating the hygiene methods that she learned as part of this lymphedema management training program, to other LF patients gathered at the Health Center in southern Mali. To reduce the suffering of people affected by LF, the CDC has partnered with Mali’s Ministry of Health to support patients who have already developed LF-related disease, such as lymphedema.

This picture was an entry in the 2016 CDC Connects, Public Health in Action Photo Contest, in the category of People-International.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ CDC Connects
Creation Date: 2015
Photo Credit: Caitlin Worrell
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