Health Partners scale up response to Kalaazar

Health partners are warning that many more people could be infected by kala-azar a deadly tropical disease, which has killed at least 52 people and sickened more than two thousand people in the country.

The latest bulletin issued by the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs says partners are employing a multispectral approach to prevent the spread of kala-azar in affected areas.

Irene Lasu reports