Kala-azar in pregnancy in Mymensingh, Bangladesh: a social autopsy
Rahman, Kazi Mizanur, Olsen, Anna, Harley, David, Butler, Colin D., Mondal, Dinesh, Luby, Stephen P., and Sleigh, Adrian C. (2014) Kala-azar in pregnancy in Mymensingh, Bangladesh: a social autopsy. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8 (5). e2710.
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Abstract
Kala-azar, meaning “black-fever,” is the local term in South Asia for visceral leishmaniasis. Kala-azar is targeted for elimination from South Asia by 2015. The control programme aims to reduce the annual incidence to less than one per 10,000 people [1]. The disease is usually fatal if untreated [1], and the case fatality rate is higher among women than men [2], [3]. Kala-azar among pregnant women places the foetus and mother at high risk of fatal outcomes [4], [5]. Moreover, women experience longer delays than men in seeking care and treatment for kala-azar, a problem well documented in Bangladesh [2]. Few studies have explored the personal and social dimensions of kala-azar, and even fewer have addressed the issues faced by women in pregnancy [2].
| Item ID: | 54251 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Case Study) |
| ISSN: | 1935-2735 |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2014 Rahman et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Funders: | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research |
| Projects and Grants: | Core Research Fund - New Researcher Award |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2019 03:53 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111712 Health Promotion @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111711 Health Information Systems (incl Surveillance) @ 30% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111717 Primary Health Care @ 20% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920401 Behaviour and Health @ 50% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920413 Social Structure and Health @ 50% |
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