Report of the meeting of programme managers and the Regional Technical Advisory Group for the kala-azar elimination programme

Overview

The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO) hosted a meeting of programme managers and the Regional Technical Advisory Group (RTAG), both in-person and virtual, in New Delhi, India from 18 April to 20 April 2022. It was held over three days to review developments in the national visceral leishmaniasis (VL) programmes of the five VL-endemic Member States and Sri Lanka, scientific community and WHO initiatives since the last RTAG meeting, hosted virtually on 5–8 October 2020. The main purpose of the meeting was to determine how RTAG could support the regional elimination programme in the most effective way.