South Sudan reports 150 kala-azar deaths in 2015
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#RXAB)
The insect transmitted parasitic infection, kala-azar, or visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has taken more than 150 lives in South Sudan, according to a recent local media report. United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that so far in 2015, a cumulative 4939 cases and 152 deaths due to VL since January have been ["]