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Neglected killer: Kala-azar surge in Kenya leaves record deaths, missed diagnosesA deadly kala-azar outbreak is claiming lives in Kenya's arid regions, with cases more than doubling in 2025. Misdiagnoses and a lack of tr...- Union health secy highlights India's health achievements, future goals at WHO assemblyIndia, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), plans to strengthen its drug regulatory system to ensure quick access to ...
- Summer, climate change, tropical diseases: Bihar villages battle elephantiasis, kala azar and moreThe effects of climate change in Bihar, particularly in Sher village, are leading to a rise in diseases like lymphatic filariasis. Public h...
- What is Leishmaniasis? A skin infection triggered by Sand Fly bites - Symptoms and causesSand flies, approximately one-quarter the size of mosquitoes, are commonly found in warm, humid, rural, and forested regions. These tiny in...
- Unveiling a hidden health threat: Sand flies in the US transmitting LeishmaniasisThe United States is facing a health concern similar to the bed bug invasion in Paris. Tiny sand flies, which transmit a parasite causing l...
- Solutions to health, climate problems need to be low-cost: Bill GatesThe report focuses on interventions related to nutrition, micronutrient supplements, and streamlined treatments to reduce maternal and chil...
- Bill Gates praises India's progress in different sectorsHe also praised India for its "amazing ability to manufacture lots of safe, effective, and affordable vaccines, some of them supported by t...
- Neglected tropical diseases continue to pose significant health burden in India: ExpertNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs) continue to pose a significant health burden on some of the most disadvantaged communities in India, acc...
- Cabinet gives ex-post-facto nod to MoC between health department, Gates FoundationIt covers areas of cooperation aimed at reducing maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality, improve key nutrition outcomes by im...
- Greater private sector innovation, digital tools key to quality healthcare services in India at low cost: Bill GatesBill Gates, who is currently on a three-day visit to India, said: "Our biggest work has been broadly in the health area helping to get new ...
- Malaria eradication top priority for govt: Harsh VardhanThere are a couple of diseases which are on the radar of the health ministry and malaria is one of them, the Union Health Minister said.
- India, UK, US to collaborate on neglected diseases initiativeIt involves collaboration between 25 under-graduate and Master's students in Chemistry from participating universities.
- Zydus ties up with US-based research centre NIAD to develop vaccineThe Group employs over 16,500 people worldwide, including over 1,600 scientists in R&D. Cadila Healthcare is part of Zydus Group.
- Arsenic contamination in water can cause resistance to leishmaniasis drugs in India: Study“The Indian subcontinent is the only region where arsenic contamination of drinking water coexists with widespread resistance to antimonial...
- Zydus partner's with US-based IDRI for Kala-Azar vaccineVisceral Leishmaniasis is transmitted by the bite of an infected sand fly. There are over 500,000 new VL cases and 50,000 associated deaths...
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