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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lochacharuk Akwiny and his daughter Chepterit Lochacharuk who is recovering from Kala-azar at the treatment centre. At Kacheliba in West Pokot is a treatment centre that caters to Kala-azar — a ...

Kenya recorded 16 new Kala-azar infections in the last 24 hours, Public Health and Professional Standards PS Mary Muthoni has ...

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 ...

Kala-azar* is a serious disease that infects another 300,000 of the world's poorest people every year. It has long been ignored in Bangladesh and other countries where it mainly afflicts the poorest ...

Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) refers to the spectrum of infectious disease produced by species of the Leishmania parasite. The parasites spread by the bite of infected sand flies.

Health teams from the national and county governments are using mobile laboratories to screen kala-azar in Wajir after 26 ...

Health officials are sounding the alarm over a critical shortage of test kits and medications necessary for managing ...

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 ...