{"id":84942,"date":"2020-02-26T15:48:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13944"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:18:53","slug":"global-clinical-trial-for-drug-to-treat-kala-azar-to-take-place-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-clinical-trial-for-drug-to-treat-kala-azar-to-take-place-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Global clinical trial for drug to treat Kala Azar to take place in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Pharma major Novartis and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) have signed a collaboration and licence agreement to jointly develop LXE408, as a potential new oral treatment for Kala Azar.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Kala Azar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kala-azar also known as Visceral leishmaniasis(VL) is caused by the protozoan parasite of genus Leishmania.<\/li><li>It is spread to humans through bites from female phlebotomine sandflies \u2013 the vector(or transmitter) of the leishmania parasite.<\/li><li>The signs and symptoms include fever, weight loss, fatigue, anemia and substantial swelling of the liver and spleen.<\/li><li>The disease primarily infects internal organs such as the liver,spleen (hence \u201cvisceral\u201d) and bone marrow.It has been associated with high fatality without any proper diagnosis and treatment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Kala-azar Elimination Programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Government of India(GOI) launched a centrally sponsored Kala-azar Control Programme in the endemic states in 1990-91.<\/li><li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>To improve the health status of vulnerable groups and at-risk population living in Kala-azar endemic areas by the elimination of Kala-azar so that it no longer remains a public health problem.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative(DNDi):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative(DNDi) was founded in 2003.It is a collaborative non-profit drug research and development(R&amp;D) organization that is developing new treatments for neglected diseases.<\/li><li>It is headquartered in Geneva,Switzerland.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Pharma major Novartis and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) have signed a collaboration and licence agreement to jointly develop LXE408, as a potential new oral treatment for Kala Azar. Facts: About Kala Azar: Kala-azar also known as Visceral leishmaniasis(VL) is caused by the protozoan parasite of genus Leishmania. It is spread to humans&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-clinical-trial-for-drug-to-treat-kala-azar-to-take-place-in-2021\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Global clinical trial for drug to treat Kala Azar to take place in 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2054],"class_list":["post-84942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-kala-azar","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702448357},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}