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Surveillance and control of leishmaniasis
Country support
The programme aims to reduce the incidence of the disease as quickly as possible to a level that each country can integrate control and surveillance activities technically and economically into overall health development activities.
To achieve this goal, WHO has set the following objectives:
- to facilitate early diagnosis and prompt treatment;
- to support control of sandfly populations through residual insecticide spraying of houses and through the use of insecticide-impregnated bednets;
- to provide health education and produce training materials;
- to detect and contain epidemics in the early stages;
- to provide early diagnosis and effective management for Leishmania/HIV co-infections.
Strengthening the network for surveillance of
Leishmania/HIV co-infection
The geographic coverage of the network has been extended, with the inclusion of 6 new institutions from Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Nepal, and Sudan. The analysis of information has also been improved with the elaboration of a database and mapping of reported cases, using a geographic information system. A training workshop for visceral leishmaniasis/HIV co-infections was also held.
The document Leishmania/HIV co-infections: south-western Europe 1990-1998 [pdf 689kb] was published and is available on the internet.
In 2001, the conclusions and recommendations of the 4th joint meeting on Leishmania/HIV co-infections were published in the following document: 4th joint meeting on Leishmania/HIV co-infection, Parasite, 2001, p.376-378 [pdf 685kb]
Elaboration, dissemination of training materials
and participation in training courses
- A video entitled "Leishmaniasis, the slow killer" was developed for training and to improve awareness of the disease.
- The booklet
Pepito y la leishmaniasis [pdf 3.7 mb] was recently published.
- Video entitled "New migrant, new epidemics", a WHO/IRD (Institut de la recherche et du développement, Paris) production, 2002
- A video entitled "Direct Agglutination Test" (DAT), a field serological test, was widely distributed for training purposes.
- Manual on visceral leishmaniasis control (including 12 technical annexes)
English [pdf 2,5mb],
French[pdf 3.1mb],
Spanish[pdf 3,1mb], and
Arabic[pdf 2mb],
reference WHO/LEISH/96.40, and
38 slides.
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