Control of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: fragile progress, new threats

• Margriet den Boer,
• Koert Ritmeijer,
• Fabiana Alves,
• Jorge Alvar,
• Sultani Hadley Matendechero,
• Hamdan Mustafa Hamdan,
• Lexson Mabrouk,
• Tesfahun Bishaw Mengistie,
• Mousab Siddig Elhag,
• Mounir Lado,
• Cherinet Adera,
• Atia Abdalla Atia,
• Gabriel Alcoba

Affiliations

Margriet den Boer

3 Medical Department, Artsen zonder Grenzen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Koert Ritmeijer

Operational Center Amsterdam Headquarters, Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Fabiana Alves

5 VL Clinical Program, Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

Jorge Alvar

Senior Leishmaniasis Adviser, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

Sultani Hadley Matendechero

7 Department of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Hamdan Mustafa Hamdan

Disease Control Directorate Manager, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Lexson Mabrouk

Director Communicable Diseases, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan

Tesfahun Bishaw Mengistie

Neglected Tropical Diseases Team Officer, Diseases Prevention and Control Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mousab Siddig Elhag

Neglected Tropical Diseases Advisor, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan

Mounir Lado

Country Director, IMA World Health, Juba, South Sudan

Cherinet Adera

Visceral Leishmaniasis Technical Advisor, ASCEND (Accelerating Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases) / Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Atia Abdalla Atia

Country Lead, ASCEND (Accelerating Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases), Khartoum, Sudan

Gabriel Alcoba

Leader of Neglected Tropical Diseases Working Group, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland