Course: Control and Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis

The importance of data collection and surveillance becomes even more pronounced in the context of an outbreak. A large outbreak can have a rapid impact, threatening the lives of many …

In this second step about VL outbreaks, Dr Koert Ritmeijer is interviewed about VL outbreak responses in action, how they are recognised, highlights the importance of building a robust outbreak …

In the first run of the MOOC the previous step (2.11) generated a number of learner comments and questions. This supplementary step summarises the issues raised and the response of …

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Many thanks from the course team. Lead Educators: Vanessa Yardley, Simon Croft Coordination: Markela Koniordou Course content production: Markela Koniordou, Vanessa Yardley Course production: LSHTM TEL team: Dominic Forrest, Josie …

Many thanks from the course team. Lead Educators: Vanessa Yardley, Simon Croft Coordination: Markela Koniordou Course content production: Markela Koniordou, Vanessa Yardley Course production: Many people have been involved in …

Over the past four weeks, we have covered many different aspects of visceral leishmaniasis and the control of the disease. We hope you’ve enjoyed the course and found it informative …

In these final steps of the course, we consider the future of VL control and elimination and the considerable obstacles to achieving eradication and extinction. When the aim is to …

The film in this step shows Dr Mondal, a Senior Scientist at Bangladesh’s International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, talking about the National Kala-azar Elimination Programme and how best proceed …

What have we learned? Week 4 has looked at how we address the problem of VL and how to devise and implement a VL control programme. The material covered in …

Following Step 4.10, we will now look at community health education with examples from current IEC/BCC in India, particularly in the highly endemic state of Bihar. In this step, Dr …

The engagement of the community affected is an integral part of all control and elimination activities. Why it is critical to consider the community perspective in VL control? How does …

To collect data for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of interventions and for disease surveillance health professionals must report information about the case diagnosis and treatment of VL and vector …

Key areas for Health Systems Achieving VL elimination is a highly dynamic process, involving multiple stakeholders and requiring an extensive collaborative effort. A VL programme will undoubtedly need to engage …

In this step, we talk again with Dr Mounir Lado (IMA World Health, Republic of South Sudan) from week 1. Here, Dr Lado speaks about how to approach and implement …