What the team found was shocking: an alarmingly high number of kala-azar cases amongst this relatively small population with no access to health care at all. The MSF assessment team also found a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lucknow: In a rare occurrence, an isolated case of Kala Azar disease has surfaced in Lucknow's Triveninagar. This is the first case recorded in the city since 2003 when the surveillance for vector ...

India could be at the threshold of eliminating Kala-azar as a public health problem with the country having managed to keep the number of cases under one in 10,000 as per the World Health ...

A teenage boy in Lucknow, India, has contracted a rare case of Kala-Azar, a disease typically found in specific eastern regions. Although unexpected, health officials assure the public that this ...

An unusual case of Kala Azar has emerged in Lucknow’s Triveni Nagar area, marking the first isolated instance of this disease in the city. The patient, a 17-year-old boy, has no travel history ...

or kala azar. As the summer sets in, so does the threat of transmission of these diseases with the heat creating fertile ...