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Treating kala azar in Bangladesh

September 08, 2010

India 2008 © Misha Friedman

The neglected and deadly disease kala azar - also called visceral leishmaniasis - is currently being reported in 45 districts of Bangladesh. MSF is working in Mymensingh district, which has the majority of the country's cases.

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