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East African Countries Unite Against Kala-Azar
May 31 , 2025
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- Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan have signed a MoU to eradicate visceral leishmaniasis (also known as kala-azar).
- Kala-azar, caused by a parasite, is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTD) with a high fatality rate.
- Over 70% of the global burden is in the Eastern African region, where half of affected people are children under 15.
- As of May 2025, 56 countries have eliminated at least one NTD globally, including Togo (four NTDs) and Benin, Ghana and India (three NTDs).
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