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7 November 2025
Global leishmaniasis surveillance updates 2024: consolidating gains and new initiatives
Leishmaniasis remains a major health problem in 4 eco-epidemiological areas of the world: the Americas, East Africa, North Africa and West and South-East...
25 January 2025
Elimination of visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem in Kenya – progress and challenges
Leishmaniasis is one of several endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Kenya. The disease occurs mainly in 3 clinical forms: visceral leishmaniasis...
Anopheles stephensi, a highly competent vector of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, is considered an efficient vector of urban malaria. Until 2011, the...
The Country Cooperation Strategy for WHO and Somalia 2021–2025 reflects the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) vision and strategic...
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