2nd WHO Global Meeting on Skin NTDs, Geneva, Switzerland
A 3-day meeting was held with presentations on all skin NTDs with focus on integrated approach in management and control.
In May 2025, during the World Health Assembly a resolution will be proposed: “Skin diseases as a global health priority”
Upcoming events
11 -
15 October 2026
23rd Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), 2026, Santiago, Chile
Recent publications
Chatterjee M, Sengupta R, Cloots K, Zijlstra EE. Report of the Seventh Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Consortium meeting, Kolkata, India, 28-29 November 2024
Zijlstra EE. Risk factors for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL): Challenges in understanding pathophysiology.
Zijlstra EE. Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in East Africa, with focus on Sudan: Review of three decades of experience and research. Ann Med Sci Res 2025;4:S35-46.
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DTM&H Course, Bernard Nocht Institute, Hamburg, 16 April 2026
Presentations will be made on
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL, kala-azar) and Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL):
epidemiology, entomology, clinical features, pathophys
