Global Dilemma and Needs Assessment Toward Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Controlling Leishmaniasis

https://crtsdl.tums.ac.ir//article/Global-Dilemma-and-Needs-Assessment-Toward-Achieving-Sustainable-Development-Goals-in-Controlling-Leishmaniasis

The global fight against leishmaniasis, a disease affecting over a billion people, is hindered by a lack of effective drugs, vaccines, and comprehensive control strategies. A new review highlights key challenges, including socioeconomic factors and the disease's complex life cycle, and calls for a more coordinated effort and increased funding to accelerate progress towards its elimination. Leishmaniasis is a disease of poverty that imposes a devastating medical, social, and economic burden on ov