Scientists test ancient remedy to fight drug-resistant kala-azar

A low dose of the compound called Mahanine killed more than 90 per cent of the parasites within 48 hours

Solution to drug resistant kala-azar on cards

Kala-azar is posing a new challenge due to the rise of drug resistance

Kala-azar 2.0

Complications and new disease connections are holding back eradication

Study warns Kala azar patients can infect others even after treatment

Research showed that patients with the condition can be a source of infection for others in their community

Kala Azar: Interview with Dr Gaurab Mitra

Gaurab Mitra is a medical activity manager at Kala Azar ward of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Vaishali District Hospital of …

Vitamin combo may help treat kala azar

It could help in building immunity among people in kala azar-endemic areas of the country

Conquering kala azar

कालाजार से उबरने के बाद भी मरीजों से फैल सकता है संक्रमण

शोधकर्ताओं के नए अध्ययन के मुताबिक, कालाजार का उपचार प…

Bad news They have sex

Kala-azar continues to be India's health challenge: Study

The sand flies, which carry the parasites causing the disease, have grown resistant to chemicals used to eliminate them. This is likely to impact …

Kala azar drug to be released

Single shot cure for kala-azar launched in Bihar

State alone contributes to nearly 80 percent of kala-azar cases in the country

Remedy for kala-azar?

Epidemic resurfaces

The black fever

While the nation's attention is focused on the caste killings in Jehanabad, a silent but deadlier killer is striking terror in Bihar. Kala-azar, …

Killer within the bug

Vaccine developed against kala azar

How did it get so bad?

Ostrich policy and bad science. In Bihar, embankments built by government to prevent floods have been counter-productive

Spawning grounds

Environmental changes have led to the emergence of kala-azar in new areas

Is the alarm justified?

Yes. The disease is spreading fast. Yet there is little scientific data to devise a strategy to deal with it

Herbal cures to fight kala azar

Disease eradication targets: will they be met?

The Finance Minister announced that government has action plans to eliminate kala-azar by 2017 and tuberculosis by 2025, among others

Dark secret is out

How black fever parasite develops drug resistance

Why India must keep investing in health innovations

Only by committing ourselves to funding health innovation in the long term will India be able to realise today’s most urgently-needed solutions

India to eradicate kala-azar by 2015: Harsh Vardhan

AmBisome injection to be provided free, incentive to ASHA workers and patients

Aloe vera helps cure kala-azar