Kala-azar creeps into Nepal’s high altitudes

Experts say infections in children and new districts pose challenges to kala-azar eradication by 2026.

At least eight people from Kalikot district have tested positive for kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis or black fever) since the start of the current fiscal year. Of the total infected patients, around 50 percent are children, according to officials at the Health Office Kakikot.