The World Health Assembly created the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) in 1997. In 1997 the World Health Assembly passed resolution WHA 50.29. WHA 50.29 told the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis to eradicate LF by 2020. The World Health Assembly thinks lymphatic filariasis has high eradicability. The World Health Assembly thinks lymphatic filariasis is one of the most eradicable diseases. The Carter Center International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) encourages Haiti and the Dominican Republic to cooperate to do this.