WhileBiharhas over 67% ofkala-azar casesin the country, but all the blocks of state achieved the target of its elimination in 2022, for the first time ever. However, in order to be declared kala-azar free, the state has to maintain this target for three consecutive years.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation country lead (neglected tropical diseases),Bhupendra Tripathi, praised the states efforts in achieving this target. Explaining the concept behind becoming kala-azar free, Tripathi said if any block has less than one case per 10,000 of its Population, then it is said to have achieved the elimination target. However, validation is done after three years.
In Bihar, Isuapur in Saran and Goriakothi in Siwan were the two blocks in the category of endemic. However, by the end of 2022, both managed to reduce the number of kala-azar cases as per the standard set.
Even though Bihar has managed to reduce the numbers and come out of the
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