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Dominic Forrest, Markella Koniordou, Vanessa Yardley, Simon Croft, Josie Gallo, Matthew Rogers, Koert Ritmeijer, Sakib Burza, Margriet den Boer, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Lydia Boudarène, Graham Medley, Paul Ready, Lucy Paintain, Cherinet Adera Bayuh, and Kingsuk Misra

Week 1 - Introduction to VL Week 2 - Clinical management of VL: Diagnosis and treatment Week 3 - Focusing on the vector of VL Week 4 - Tools that complement clinical management and vector control for control and elimination programmes against VL Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for healthcare professionals who are working in the field on visceral leishmaniasis control. It will also be useful for those with an interest in neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and vector control. You can use the hashtag #FLcontrolVL to talk about this course on social media.

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Week 1 - Introduction to VL Week 2 - Clinical management of VL: Diagnosis and treatment Week 3 - Focusing on the vector of VL Week 4 - Tools that complement clinical management and vector control for control and elimination programmes against VL Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for healthcare professionals who are working in the field on visceral leishmaniasis control. It will also be useful for those with an interest in neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and vector control. You can use the hashtag #FLcontrolVL to talk about this course on social media.

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to the biology, vectors and epidemiology of VL
  • Importance of controlling VL
  • Clinical symptoms and different VL diagnostic tools
  • Treatment regimens and anti-leishmanial drugs
  • Sand fly biology and behaviour
  • Vector-parasite interaction
  • Vector control tools
  • Emerging challenges in vector control
  • Surveillance
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Outbreaks and outbreak management
  • Health system strengthening
  • Community education
  • Elimination & sustainability of control

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