The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a report regarding India’s continued fight against visceral leishmaniasis — also known as kala-azar (KA). Overall, the report praises India’s National Kala-Azar Elimination Programme (NKEP), noting the “the Government of India is committed to eliminating KA as a public health problem, and continued political, administrative, technical and partner […]
visceral leishmaniasis
How does India fare on the roadmap to elimination?
India has a prolonged history of setting ambitious elimination deadlines for a host of diseases, only to miss the deadline and simply re-announce another year. Many diseases, such as leprosy, are simply neglected with most individuals affected belonging to lower castes and viewed as outcasts from society — a view proliferative through thousands of years. […]