Leishmaniasis — South Sudan
Over 150 people in South Sudan have died from kala-azar [visceral leishmaniasis], a disease transmitted through sand fly bites, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report.
Kala-azar is endemic in remote areas of northern Jonglei and southern Upper Nile states, where communities are exposed to insect bites as they often sleep without mosquito nets, the report noted.
“The kala-azar rate continued to rise, with 315 cases and 10 deaths during
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