Kala Azar or black fever is a disease caused by infection with Leishmania parasites. It is transmitted by female sandfly - Phlebotomus argentipes. It is also known as visceral leishmaniasis or ...

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) has said Kenyans suffering from Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) will no longer go through the painful 17-day injection treatment after the ...

“For neglected tropical diseases like kala-azar, there will be some cases,” he said, adding while one form of the disease is visceral leishmaniasis, which affects liver or spleen. Symptoms ...

New Delhi: India eliminated visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala azar, in over 80 per cent of its sub-districts in 2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. Kala azar ...

asking not to be named Kala Azar, known medically as visceral leishmaniasis, ranks as the second deadliest parasitic disease ...

Bangladesh eradicates kala-azar, India on track too but challenges remain Bangladesh recently achieved a major public health goal when it eradicated visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala ...

Congratulations #Bangladesh for becoming the first country globally to be validated for elimination of visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar as a public health problem. Regional Director Dr Poonam ...

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as kala-azar, is a life-threatening parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies was once a major public health challenge for India, affecting the ...

Bangladesh recently achieved a major public health goal when it eradicated visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar, raising the question of when India would wipe out the debilitating ...