Access to Care to Leishmaniasis Treatment in Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Julien Potet, Albert Picado De Puig, Marleen Boelaert
Leishmaniases -a neglected, stigmatizing group of diseases caused by an obligate protozoan Leishmania and transmitted by sand flies- may have cutaneous, mucocutaneous or visceral manifestations. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is its fatal form and affects the poorest of the poor with little or no access to care. Eastern Africa region bears most of the world’s VL burden second only after Indian subcontinent, with 30-57,000 cases reported annually ...