Leishmaniasis. Epidemiological Report of the Americas, February 2018

Abstract

[Introduction]. The leishmaniasis are diseases with elevated incidence rate and wide geographic distribution in the Americas. They remain a challenge for national and regional programs, since they require a technical, operative and political effort to sustain the systematic development of surveillance, prevention and control actions towards these diseases. In 2017, delegates of the endemic countries, who attended the Regional Leishmaniasis Meeting, approved the Leishmaniasis Plan of Action 2017-2022 for the Americas, which details the goals, indicators and actions to reinforce the commitments of PAHO's Directing Council Resolution CD55.R9 of 2016...