For weeks, the Kala-azar disease has been a menace to the residents of Wajir, with the Ministry of Health racing to eradicate it and save lives.Kala-azar is a parasitic disease transmitted by ...

Kala-azar disease is a disease caused by a parasite.According to WHO, it is fatal if left untreated in over 95% of cases. It is characterized by irregular bouts of fever, weight loss, enlargement of ...

Black Fever Kala Azar: At least 65 cases of Black Fever or 'Kala Azar' have been reported in 11 districts across West Bengal in the past weeks. The highest number of Kala Azar cases have been ...

Leishmaniasis, known as Kala-Azar in India, infects at least 12 million people worldwide, in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and parts of Africa. It usually affects the poor, and can be fatal if left ...

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 ...

The Wajir County government has launched an emergency response plan to contain a deadly outbreak of Kala-azar, a parasitic ...

The death toll from the kala-azar outbreak in Wajir County has risen to 20, with two more deaths reported. The number of ...

A deadly outbreak of Kala-azar, a parasitic disease caused by the Leishmania parasite, has hit Wajir County, leaving 18 dead and infecting more than 500 people in the last 3 months.

The local area chief urged him to rush his son to the hospital immediately, as the child was showing all the symptoms of kala-azar, scientifically known as visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially ...

The disease has put the government on high alert and is the second mysterious disease to hit the nation since the start of ...

NAIROBI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Ministry of Health said on Friday that the response to the outbreak of the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar, has been intensified amid 25 ...