Climate change and conflict drive leishmaniasis in Pakistan

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Data obtained from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department’s Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System reveals the disease has since reached epidemic proportions.

In 2017, a year-long sandfly study undertaken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district (approximately 80 kilometres north-east of the Khyber tribal district) found indoor sandfly numbers correlated positively with humidity and temperature.

Rising case numbers prompted the health department to open three more centres, in the Khyber tribal district (in Landi Kotal, Jamrud and Bara).

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Author / Journalist: Fawad Ali

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Published On: 2025-01-13 @ 02:30:00 (2 days ago)

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