India Kala azar 2013

[Ronan Kelly]

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Leishmaniasis disease hits Kerala
Story Dated: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:26 hrs IST


Thiruvananthapuram: Leishmaniasis, a kind of fever, widely reported in the north-east states has reached Kerala shores. One died due to the severity of the new found disease in Kozhikode district.
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http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/mmonline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=13507695&tabId=1&programId=11565535

[Ronan Kelly]

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Black fever, new concern among migrant labourers
TNN | Feb 24, 2013, 10.52 PM IST

After a study on domestic migrant labourers revealed that a growing number among them might be carriers of HIV virus, a new fear has emerged that they could be also carriers of Leishmaniasis, also known as Black Fever or Kala Azar, a fever spread by sand fly bite.

With the health department confirming that two cases of Leishmaniasis have been identified in the state and both patients have succumbed to the disease, it is suspected that Leishmaniasis, a kind of fever widely reported in northeastern states, has reached Kerala shores through migrant labourers.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Black-fever-new-concern-among-migrant-labourers/articleshow/18663383.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures for January 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities
Bihar // 460 // 1
Jharkhand // 110 // 1
W. Bengal // 27 // 0

Totals // 597 // 2

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures for February 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 1,415 (+955) // 3 (+2)
Jharkhand // 237 (+127) // 0 (-1)
W. Bengal // 74 (+47) // 0

Totals // 1,726 (+1,129) // 3 (+1)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare01-May, 2013 13:09 IST

Elimination of Kala-Azar
National Health Policy, 2002 envisaged the target to eliminate Kala-azar by 2010 i.e. less than 1 case per 10,000 population at sub-district level, which could not be achieved. The revised target for elimination of Kala-azar is 2015. Kala-azar is a vector borne disease and its elimination from the community depends on various environmental, socio-economic and health systems related factors.

The treatment procedure for Kala-azar has been shifted from injectable to oral drug as first line of treatment to improve the treatment compliance.

Miltefosine capsule has been introduced for both adult and children as 1st line treatment. The 2nd line treatment is Amphotericin B injection being used for pregnant women/child bearing age women and also for children less than one year age.

This information was given by Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare ShriGhulamNabi Azad in written reply to a question in the RajyaSabha yesterday.

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(Release ID :95375)

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=95375

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures for March 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 2,370 (+955) // 4 (+1)
Jharkhand // 634 (+397) // 0 (-)
W. Bengal // 147 (+73) // 1 (+1)

Totals // 3,151 (+1,425) // 5 (+2)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

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| Thursday , May 16 , 2013 |

THE TELEGRAPH

Patients suffer for drug scarcity

GAUTAM SARKAR IN BHAGALPUR

Kala-azar patients in the district are facing severe problems because of an acute shortage of medicines.

Urmila Devi (40), a resident of Goradih block in Bhagalpur, has been admitted to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital on April 26 following symptoms of kala-azar, but there is hardly any improvement yet.
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Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Wednesday admitted that because the supply of Fungizone has been stopped from the central government, the doctors at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital were asked to prescribe Miltefosine.

More...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130516/jsp/bihar/story_16901934.jsp

[Ronan Kelly]

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Uttar Pradesh Kushinagar xlix. Kala azar 7 cases 1 fatality 21/05/13 Under
control
Cases of fever reported from Villages Rakba Dumlapati and Gauri Jagdish,
CHC/Block Dudhi, District Kushinagar. On investigation by District RRT it
was observed that mud and bamboo houses of the affected area had damp
interiors, conducive for vector breeding. Village had poor sanitatary
condition. Cases treated at District Hospital Kushinagar. Out of 23 blood
samples collected, 6 samples were positive for Kala azar by rk39 kit. 1 death
occurred in a 9 year old girl who had history of fever for 4 months. Fogging
done. IEC done regarding vector borne diseases.

http://www.idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/rcntobrk.pdf

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures to May 31st 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 4,994 (+2,624) // 9 (+5)
Delhi* // 5 (+5) // 0
Jharkhand // 1,159 (+525) // 0 (-)
W. Bengal // 282 (+135) // 1 (-)

Totals // 6,440 (+3,289) // 10 (+5)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures to June 30th 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 5,982 (+988) // 9 (-)
Delhi* // 5 (-) // 0
Jharkhand // 1,442 (+283) // 0 (-)
Uttar Pradesh // 10 (+10) // 1 (+1)
W. Bengal // 337 (+55) // 1 (-)

Totals // 7,776 (+1,336) // 11 (+1)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures to July 31st 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 6,662 (+680) // 11 (+2)
Delhi* // 5 (-) // 0
Jharkhand // 1,659 (+217) // 0 (-)
Sikkin // 3 (+3) // 0
Uttar Pradesh // 10 (-) // 1 (-)
W. Bengal // 389 (+52) // 1 (-)

Totals // 8,728 (+952) // 13 (+2)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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Published Date: 2013-09-10 17:41:54
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis - India (02): (JK)
Archive Number: 20130910.1935488
LEISHMANIASIS - INDIA (02): (JAMMU AND KASHMIR)
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Date: Tue 10 Sep 2013
Source: Hindustan Times [edited]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Kala-azar-raises-its-ugly-head-in-J-amp-K-docs-deny-outbreak/Article1-1

20 cases of leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) [visceral leishmaniasis, VL] were reported from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for the 1st time this year [2013], even as the central government claims it is very close to eliminating the vector-borne neglected tropical disease in the country.

The cases have been reported from the Doda district of the state since March this year [2013], hinting at the entry of the parasite in the region. Some epidemiologists, however, claim it does qualify as an outbreak, since it is the 1st time that the cases have been reported from J&K in such numbers.

The officials from the union ministry of health and family welfare, however, call them sporadic cases. "We have sporadic occurrences of the disease being reported from the states of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, etc. Himachal Pradesh has transmission of the disease, and it shares its boundary with J&K, so there's a chance that the parasite moved. There's nothing alarming though," said Dr AC Dhariwal, director, national vector-borne disease control programme, Health Ministry. "We are investigating the matter," Dhariwal added.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which analyses the pattern and devises ways to control communicable diseases in the country, will be sending a team to the state to deal with the outbreak. "If it is indeed an outbreak, then we will have to start the national control programme soon, and those persons infected with the disease need to be put on treatment," said Dr LS Chauhan, director, NCDC.

[Byline: Rhythma Kaul]

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[Leishmaniasis is a poverty-related disease. It affects the poorest of the poor and is associated with malnutrition, displacement, poor housing, illiteracy, gender discrimination, weakness of the immune system, and lack of resources. Leishmaniasis is also linked to environmental changes, such as deforestation, building of dams, new irrigation schemes and urbanization, and the accompanying migration of non-immune people to endemic areas. 90 percent of all visceral leishmaniasis cases occur in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nepal and Sudan (WHO: http://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/burden/en/).

A map of the distribution of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis cases can be found here: http://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/lei.../en/index.html.

Thus, VL is endemic in India. The reservoir is mainly small rodents, but humans may also act as the hosts infecting the sandflies. Control rests on rodent and vector control. - Mod.EP

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1_IS.]

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[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures to August 31st 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 7,859 (+1,197) // 12 (+1)
Delhi* // 5 (-) // 0
Jharkhand // 1,817 (+158) // 0 (-)
Sikkim // 3 (-) // 0
Uttar Pradesh // 11 (+1) // 1 (-)
W. Bengal // 445 (+56) // 2 (+1)

Totals // 10,140 (+1,412) // 15 (+2)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures to September 30th 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 8,635 (+776) // 13 (+1)
Delhi* // 5 (-) // 0
Jharkhand // 2,031 (+214) // 0 (-)
Sikkim // 3 (-) // 0
Uttar Pradesh // 11 (-) // 1 (-)
W. Bengal // 487 (+42) // 2 (-)

Totals // 11,172 (+1,032) // 16 (+1)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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NVBDCP updated this week with figures to October 31st 2013;

State // Cases // Fatalities (change)
Bihar // 9,455 (+820) // 14 (+1)
Delhi* // 6 (+1) // 0
Jharkhand // 2,204 (+173) // 0 (-)
Sikkim // 3 (-) // 0
Uttar Pradesh // 11 (-) // 1 (-)
W. Bengal // 523 (+36) // 2 (-)

Totals // 12,202 (+1,030) // 17 (+1)

http://nvbdcp.gov.in/ka-cd.html