New WHO treatment guidelines offer hope for people co-infected with HIV and visceral leishmaniasis
June 8, 2022NEW DELHI – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its new guidelines for the treatment of people co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV.  The new guidelines are based on results of one study conducted in India by...
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Acting against kala azar-HIV co-infection in Bihar
February 7, 2019What We Do After treating more than 13,000 patients since 2007 in Bihar’s Vaishali district, MSF began focusing on the treatment of kala azar-HIV co-infection in partnership with the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS) in Patna in 2016. The evidence base...
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Video: Explaining kala azar-HIV coinfection
November 25, 2018Kala azar or visceral leishmaniasis a neglected tropical disease and the second-largest parasitic killer in the world. India accounts for over 30% of the total kala azar cases in the world. 80% of these cases occur in Bihar. Since 2007,...
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Bihar: On the frontline of treating kala azar-HIV co-infection
September 19, 2018Kala azar is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases in the world. It is spread to humans by bites from infected female sand flies and attacks the immune system. While cases of the disease are declining steadily, kala...
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Bihar: "I try to bring hope to patients living with kala azar-HIV co-infection"
September 18, 2018Name : Designation : Interview conducted and written by Kavitha Devadas for MSF Kala azar is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases in the world. It is spread to humans by bites from infected female sand flies and...
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Zoya’s story: "I have returned from the brink of death"
September 18, 2018Name : Designation : Interview conducted and written by Kavitha Devadas for MSF As well as suffering a lack of awareness and social stigma, kala azar-HIV co-infected patients are also prone to other infections, relapse more often and are at...
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Bihar: MSF conducts orientation programme on kala azar-HIV co-infection for care coordinators, ART counsellors and PLHIV+ group members
June 14, 2018Kala azar Elimination is not possible without addressing the emerging issue of kala azar-HIV coinfection. As a disease that affects the most vulnerable and poorest in society, the deep-rooted stigma and the inadequate state of health facilities make this coinfection...
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Bihar: A deadly cocktail
April 16, 2018Treating kala azar-HIV co-infection in Bihar Kala jwar. Black fever. Dumdum fever. Visceral leishmaniasis. These are the many names by which kala azar is known. The disease spreads through the bite of a sandfly or balu makkhi and is almost always fatal if...
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Bihar: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visits MSF project in Patna
February 15, 2018Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been fighting kala azar in Bihar since 2007 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recently visited the MSF-run HIV–kala azar co-infection ward at the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS)...
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