World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia

Goals and Targets for Elimination

Goal

To contribute to improving the health status of vulnerable groups and at-risk population living in kala-azar-endemic areas of Bangladesh, India and Nepal by the elimination of kala-azar so that it is no longer a public health problem.

Targets

*     To reduce the annual incidence of kala-azar to less than one per 10,000 population at district or sub-district level (upazila in Bangladesh, sub-district in India and district in Nepal) by 2015.

*     Reduce case fatality rates

*     Prevent the emergence of Kala azar/HIV, and TB co-infections

 

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