{"id":11575,"date":"2024-06-14T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11575"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:04:44","slug":"kala-azar-eliminated-from-all-blocks-of-bihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/kala-azar-eliminated-from-all-blocks-of-bihar\/","title":{"rendered":"Kala-azar eliminated from all blocks of Bihar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Bill &amp; 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/population\">Population<\/a>, then it is said to have achieved the elimination target. However, validation is done after three years.<br \/> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Bihar has managed to reduce the numbers and come out of the category of endemic, it has the highest cases of kala-azar as well as the deaths due to it in the country.<\/p>\n<p>As per the data shared by the National Centre for Vector-borne Diseases Control, there were 547 cases of kala-azar in Bihar till December 2022, out of total 810 cases across the country. Also, out of total 39 kala-azar deaths reported in 2022, maximum 26 were in Bihar.<\/p>\n<p>But, states own journey shows tremendous improvement. For instance, it had 7,615 cases in 2014, which came down to 3424 in 2018 and to 547 in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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