The death toll from the kala-azar outbreak in Wajir County has risen to 20, with two more deaths reported. The number of ...

Wajir County has deployed a specialized health team to Eldas and Wajir West for a 10-day fumigation and spraying exercise to ...

The Wajir County government has launched an emergency response plan to contain a deadly outbreak of Kala-azar, a parasitic ...

A deadly outbreak of Kala-azar, a parasitic disease caused by the Leishmania parasite, has hit Wajir County, leaving 18 dead and infecting more than 500 people in the last 3 months.

At least three people have died, while 29 have been hospitalised following an outbreak of Kala-azar disease in Laisamis, Marsabit County.Of the 29 cases, 17 are adults, while 12 are children under ...

Chhapra: Altogether, 1,468 patients of kala-azar were identified and treated in Saran district in the past five years.

Visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as kala-azar, is prevalent in 75 countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

The local area chief urged him to rush his son to the hospital immediately, as the child was showing all the symptoms of kala-azar, scientifically known as visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially ...

Black Fever Kala Azar: At least 65 cases of Black Fever or 'Kala Azar' have been reported in 11 districts across West Bengal in the past weeks. The highest number of Kala Azar cases have been ...

Leishmaniasis, known as Kala-Azar in India, infects at least 12 million people worldwide, in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and parts of Africa. It usually affects the poor, and can be fatal if left ...