India’s ambition to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis

- India’s infant mortality rate fell from 88 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 40 per 1000 live births in 2013, show reports from the Registrar General of India.1 But if the rate continues to decrease ...

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- Neonatal mortality in India fell substantially between 1990 and 2012, but vaccination coverage and stunting from poor nutrition improved only slightly, a new report has shown.

- Experts have cast doubt on whether India can reach its goal of eliminating kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) by the end of 2015 and have called for better surveillance.

- Experts have cast doubt on whether India can reach its goal of eliminating kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) by the end of 2015 and have called for better surveillance.

- Cuts in the government’s social spending are affecting India’s fight against AIDS, resulting in staff losing their jobs and several programmes being limited, Reuters has reported.

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