WHO validates Bangladesh kala-azar elimination

The recommendation complements bed nets, diagnosis and treatment.

Publication date: PAHO reported presenting its method for respectful discussion of ancestral and clinical health knowledge.

Publication date: the PAHO account described a participatory manual connecting traditional midwives and health workers.

Publication date: PAHO reported input from 280 midwives and community health agents to the manual.

Publication date: PAHO used the Global Indigenous Youth Forum to explain health knowledge dialogues.

After its filariasis milestone, Bangladesh reached the WHO threshold for kala-azar.

Case detection, treatment and monitoring were essential to the elimination programme.

The WHO milestone is based on sustained low incidence and requires continued vigilance.

Publication date: WHO announced an agreement with the Indian Ministry of Ayush.

The agreement included developing benchmarks for training and practice in the South Indian Siddha system.