Control and Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis

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.

• 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