Kala azar: The killer disease nobody knows about

Kala azar is endemic in parts of South Sudan and affects mostly the poor and disenfranchised. A simple jab could control it, but not in this country.

Faranaaz Parker

Faranaaz Parker is the former Bhekisisa news editor.

Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush was a health journalist at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.

Kala azar: The killer disease nobody knows about

Faranaaz Parker

Dylan Bush

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