Bangladesh achieves historic milestone by eliminating kala-azar (disease) as a public health problem
Bangladesh achieves historic milestone by eliminating kala-azar (disease) as a public health problem
In a monumental achievement, Bangladesh has become the first country in the world to be officially validated for having eliminated visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar, as a public health problem.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/9137250
Kala-azar is a deadly parasitic disease that's also known as Black Fever, or Visceral leishmaniasis.
It is the second most deadly parasitic disease (after malaria).
It's such a horrible disease, so this is great news
Bangladesh was successfully validated by WHO based on the fact that the number of reported cases of visceral leishmaniasis was below 1 per 10 000 population in each of the country’s subdistricts for at least 3 consecutive years.
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