India has missed the National Health Policy target to eliminate Kala-azar -- the deadly parasitic disease transmitted through the bite of a sandfly -- by 2010.
Now, the Union health ministry's new target is to eliminate or reduce the number of Kala-azar cases to 1 per 10,000 population by 2015
Read more: Health ministry misses target, promises to wipe out Kala-azar by 2015 - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Health-ministry-misses-target-promises-to-wipe-out-Kala-azar-by-2015-/articleshow/7367487.cms#ixzz1CgVR88Yh
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