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World Health Assembly in 1997 declared LF to be eliminated and the Global Program to eliminate LF (GPELF) was launched by WHO in 2000 with the two strategies viz, 1) stop transmission of infection through Mass Drug Administration (MDA) and 2) to alleviate the suffering of the people affected with the disease through Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention (MMDP. The \u2018Filariasis research unit\u2019 recommended by WHO TDR and ICMR was established in Alappuzha, Kerala in 1989 for research studies related to LF. Over the last three decades 23 studies have been completed, which included different trials to find out the dose, effectiveness and safety of the various drugs used in preventive chemotherapy as single drug or combinations, for treatment of microfilaraemia,, various studies related to morbidity management in filarial disease, socio-economic aspects of filarial disability, Pharmacokinetic study of antifilarial drugs, Study on lymphatic filariasis in children, Studies on dignostics of LF, efficacy of drugs in management of lymphedema etc. In this article an attempt is made to explain the lessons learned from these studies and its importance in development of policy decision making for GPELF.\n                  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