Training module on community home-based prevention of disability due to lymphatic filariasis: learner's guide.

This training module is intended for health and non-health care personnel (referred to as learners) from different ministries, such as ministry of health or ministry of education, involved in the Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (PELF). The objective of the training workshop is for the learners to become trainers themselves and in turn to teach the principles of prevention of disability due to lymphatic filariasis (LF) to informal carers. This large network of informal carers, chosen by the community and usually already involved in health or educational activities, will then go out into the community to spread health messages to LF sufferers and to their families, friends and neighbours. The ultimate purpose is to help LF sufferers regain confidence in their ability to participate in all aspects of community life.