title: A kala-azar control programme for remote tribal communities.
abstract: Indigenous people have been trained to provide a culturally appropriate kala-azar control programme for the tribal population of Sahibganj, Bihar, India. Cultural resistance to modern medicine has been overcome and the influence of village witch-doctors has been countered.
authors.affiliation: Patna Medical College, India.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.lastname: Frances Sister
authors.lastname: Therese Sister
authors.lastname: Victoria Sister
authors.lastname: Puspa Sister
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007300:Insect Control; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011576:Psychodidae
chemical_list: D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate