Research Brief Series

Every year, IIPS undertakes many research studies on a number of themes related to population and health at the state and national levels using its own resources. The 'Research Brief Series' is a new initiative by the Institute to provide an opportunity to the faculty, Ph.D. scholars and visiting fellows to quickly disseminate the important findings of their research studies before they are published as a research report or in a scientific journal.

Magnitude, Knowledge and Burden of Kala-azar: A Study of Eastern Bihar

Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo, K.C. Dasand Sarang P. Pedgaonkar

Visceral Leishmaniasis, popularly known as Kala-azar, is a vector-borne disease and spreads through the bite of sand-fly. World's 67% cases of Kala-azar occur in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. In India, the disease endemicis with epicenter in Bihar and Jharkhand, and spread mild in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Indian Kala-azar elimination program metargeted to reduce the annual incidence to 1 case per 10,000 populations by 2017. Kala-azar is considered a disease of the poor or rural population having low nutrition, low education and poor quality of housing.

January 2018
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