Control and Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis

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.

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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