Kala-azar Elimination Program

  

  Kala-azar Elimination  Program (According to Annual Report 2075/76, DoHS, Nepal)






Ø  Kala-azar (visceral leismaniasis) is endemic in 12 Terai districts.

Ø  Parsa district has no incidence of kala-azar

Ø  More than 8.5 million people are risk to kala-azar

Ø  1960-1970 AD (2017-2027 BS): problem of kala-azar was seen as public health problem in Nepal.

Ø  MoH has targeted to eliminate kala-azar from Nepal by 2015.

Ø  Kala-azar elimination program is a regional collaborative partnership between Nepal, India and Bangladesh.






Ø  In 2005, EDCD of DoHS formulated a National Plan for the elimination of kala-azar which is divided into 3 phases

1.   Preparatory phase: 2005 - 2008 

2.   Attack phase: 2008 – 2015

3.   Consolidation phase: 2015 onwards

Ø Goal: To improving the health status of vulnerable groups and at risk populations living in kala-azar endemic areas of Nepal by eliminating kala-azar so that it is no longer a public health problem.







Ø Objectives

•      Reducing the incidence of kala-azar in endemic communities including the poor , vulnerable and unreached population

•      Reducing case fatality rate from kala-azar

•      Treatment of PKDL to reduce parasitic reservoir

•      Prevention and treatment of kala-azar HIV-TB co-infections

Ø Target

Reduce the incidence of kala-azar to less than 1 case per 10,000 populations at district level.

Ø Kala-azar is the protozoal disease of reticulo-endothelial tissue caused by protozoal parasite Lieshmania donovani.

ØKala-azar is vector borne disease transmitted by sandfly (Phlebotomus argentipus) and controlled integrated vector management. 


 

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