1Peter J. Hotez, Jan HF Remme, Paulo Buss, George Alleyne, Carlos Morel and Joel G.
Breman. Combating Tropical Infectious Diseases: Report of the Disease Control Priorities in …

1. Background More than 147 million people in the WHO South-East Asia Region are at risk
of contracting the Leishmania parasites that cause visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), a life …

Progress towards the elimination of a neglected tropical disease from a country can
sometimes be a curse, especially when policymakers are confronted with competing needs …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) also known as kala-azar is a major public health problem in
Bangladesh. A national VL elimination program was initiated in 2008 in Bangladesh after …

Introduction In 2005, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal joined forces to eliminate Visceral
Leishmaniasis (or kala-azar) from the region by 2015. In Bangladesh the elimination target …

The Kala-azar/visceral leishmaniasis (VL) turns epidemic form once in every 15 years in the
endemic regions of Indian subcontinent. The goal of elimination of Kala-azar from India by …

Cases of kala-azar reported during 2013–2018 in Bihar, India were retrospectively
analysed. Of 2187 villages reporting cases of kala-azar in 2018, 573 (26.2%) had reported …

Kala-azar ie, Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a menace to Bihar, affecting large number of
population. As per WHO, one-third cases of Kala-azar are reported from Bihar itself …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by multiple species of
Leishmania parasites and transmitted by the bite of female sand flies. It is endemic in 98 …

Background & objectives: Visceral leishmaniasis, locally known as kala-azar (KA) has been
considered as a major public health problem in Bangladesh, India and Nepal that affects …