@article{102786,
  keywords = {Dumka, Elimination, Innovative, Interventions, Kala-azar (KA)},
  author = {Arora N and Shukla RS and Pandey D and Paul A},
  title = {Integrating community efforts, innovative government interventions and data in the fight against kala-azar: lessons from Dumka, India},
  abstract = {<p>Kala-azar, a sandfly-borne neglected tropical disease, primarily affects the poorest populations in endemic regions of India. In 2023, India achieved the elimination threshold as a public health problem by reporting &amp;lt;1 case per 10&nbsp;000 population at the block level across the country. Dumka, one of four kala-azar endemic districts in Jharkhand, was a significant focus of transmission and achieved the target 1&nbsp;y before, in 2022, sustaining it through today. Strategic, data-driven innovative interventions addressed persistent sociocultural and socio-economic factors that were contributing to the persistence of transmission in Dumka.</p>
},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {International Health},
  pages = {1-5},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  issn = {1876-3413, 1876-3405},
  url = {https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf083/64358569/ihaf083.pdf},
  doi = {10.1093/inthealth/ihaf083},
  language = {ENG},
}