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WHO guideline for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV co-infected patients in East Africa and South-East Asia 

The leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by Leishmania spp., which occur in cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral forms. They are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which disproportionately affect marginalized populations who have limited access to health care. HIV co-infected patients with Leis...

WHO guidelines on management of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis

Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm found globally but with particularly high transmission and hyperendemnicity in parts of Latin America, South and South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Depending on its life cycle, it causes two distinct presentations in humans: taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis. A...

WHO interim guidelines for the treatment of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a parasitic infection that is almost invariably fatal unless treated. It is a neglected tropical disease that occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. The infection is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tsetse fly. The parasite multipl...