KENYA: Government launches new guidelines to contain black fever

KENYA: Government launches new guidelines to contain black fever:

NAIROBI, 27 September 2012 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has launched guidelines for the treatment and prevention of visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala azar or black fever, in a move government officials say is meant to contain the parasitic disease, which is endemic in the northern region of the country.