(THE GIST OF PIB) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare review elimination of Kala-Azar

(January-2023)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare review elimination of Kala-Azar

• Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, chairs a high-level meeting with State Governments to review elimination of Kala-Azar from the country by 2023.

About:

• As per MoHFW, there has been a 98.7 percent decline in cases of Kala-azar from 44,533 in 2007 to 834 in 2022 in India.
• Kala-azar (Black Fever Disease) is a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) caused by a protozoan parasite of genus Leishmania and spread by infected female sandfly bites.

• In India, Leishmania donovani is the only parasite causing the disease.
• It is considered as the second deadliest parasitic killer in world after Malaria.
• It is endemic in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
• India contributes 11.5 percent of total cases reported globally.
• It is a treatable and curable disease. Anti-leishmanial medicines are available for treatment.

Measures taken by the government so far:

• National Kala Azar Elimination Programme was launched to control this disease.
• National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) for prevention and control of Malaria, Dengue, Lymphatic Filariasis, Kala-azar, etc.

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