During a ceremony organized under the auspices of the African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) and on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, representatives from six ...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe infectious ... The identification of parasite amastigotes in tissue smears or culture has been the recommended method of VL diagnosis for many years but ...

Nearly one million people worldwide are plagued annually by cutaneous leishmaniasis, a devastating skin infection caused by the Leishmania parasite. Predominantly affecting vulnerable populations ...

Dr. Nidhi Dey from the University of York was recently interviewed on her exciting new work on the spatial analysis of IDO1 and PDL1 checkpoints in cutaneous leishmaniasis. What are IDO1 and PDL1 ...

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis results in scars and stigma for the people of Gilgil, south-western Kenya. The disease is spread through sandflies and leaves those infected with multiple ulcers which scar ...

A deadly disease spread by a common sandfly has claimed two lives in Thailand this year. Health chiefs tell people to use bug spray.

Visceral leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease found in parts of Asia, East Africa, and Brazil, and is transmitted through the bites of infected sand flies. It causes flu-like symptoms ...

In a landmark move to combat one of the world's deadliest neglected tropical diseases, six African countries Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan have signed a Memorandum of ...