KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Local health officials on Thursday said the number of leishmania patients is decreasing and the disease has been controlledin southeastern Khost province as a result of public awareness.
Dr. Raees Khan Kamalzai, head of the Khost Leishmania and Malaria Section at the Public Health Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that leishmania cases had considerably declined.
He said 400 cases of leishmania had been registered over the past six months, compared with 700 documented during the corresponding period last . . .
