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Global Agencies Come Together to Eliminate Kala-azar in Bihar

by Sreeraman on September 13, 2007 at 5:38 PM Tropical Disease News

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Thakur said that continued spraying of insecticides for at least five years in a phased manner and supervised administration of Amphotericin B could eliminate the disease.

"Dengue deaths in Delhi has become a national issue but deaths due to kala-azar in rural Bihar hardly make any news," he lamented. Experts say poor living standards and unhygienic conditions make members of the Mushahar community of Dalits an easy prey to the disease.

Kala-azar, medically known as Visceral Leishmaniasis, is also known as the poor man's disease because it affects the poorest of the poor. Bihar last faced a kala-azar epidemic in 1991 when 250,000 cases were reported. In 2000, the numbers were low but started rising from 2003.

The disease occurs in 62 countries, primarily in the developing world. Around 90 percent of all cases around the world are found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sudan and northeast Brazil. Experts say over 60 percent of the cases in India are in Bihar alone.

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01/08/2008

I am ranjan Kumar belong to Samastipur Bihar. So I would like to serve always the people of Bihar specially in health sector through awareness,education and clinical research.As I have done BSc(Chemistry) degree from Patna university,Bihar and MSc degree in clinical research from ICRI/ Cranfield University UK.I Know the severity of kalazar in Bihar with socioeconomic and local condition.I always with you to help the society.

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10/17/2007

This is dhirendra kumar from Bihar (India) if i want to serve kalazar patients in Bihar how we could done it ? I am MS in clinical research from CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY (UK) with biotech graduate and have experience in clinical research field.

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