Bangladesh declared 1st black-fever free country: Health Ministry

Dhaka receives recognition certificate from World Health Organization, say officals

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared Bangladesh the first country to be free of visceral leishmaniasis, or black fever, according to the Health Ministry.

Bangladesh received a certificate from the UN health agency during the WHO’s 76th South Asia Regional Conference in India.

Black fever, also known as Kala-Azar, is a tropical deadly disease.

The four-day WHO conference began Monday.

WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, handed the certificate to Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque, according to a statement by the ministry.

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