Report of the Seventh Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Consortium meeting, Kolkata, India, 28–29 November 2024
The Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) Consortium convened its seventh meeting from 28 to 29 November 2024 in Kolkata, India, to advance research and public health strategies related to PKDL and visceral leishmaniasis. This report summarizes the key discussions and outcomes of the meeting and proposes a way forward for addressing the last-mile challenge of eliminating leishmaniasis as a public health problem in South Asia and subsequently East Africa.
Authors
- Kristien Cloots (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-7954)
- Ritika Sengupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6769-126X)
- Eduard E. Zijlstra
- Mitali Chatterjee
Institutions
- GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond (NL)
- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-07175-2
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00