Paying for hospital-based care of Kala-azar in Nepal: assessing catastrophic, impoverishment and economic consequences

Kala-azar and Post–Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis, Assam, India

remain unknown. S. delphini has rarely been identified in horses, but, as we observed, it may be misidentified by conventional methods. Although colonization or contamination appeared most likely in the instances we describe, these findings suggest that this opportunistic pathogen can be found in horses and might be pathogenic in certain situations. Our findings highlight the importance of usin...

Kala Azar

To the Editor, "Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?In the communication from Surgn.-Capt. P. W. O'Gorman in your issue for November regarding hda azar I see no mention of the fact of his having made use of the microscope in his search for anchylostomata. If, instead of straining the motion and examining them microscopically, he examines them microscopically according to the directions given by Sonsi...

Agranulocytosis in Kala-Azar

Catastrophic Health Care, Poverty and Impoverishment in the Philippines

The paper attempts to describe catastrophic health spending and its impact to poverty in the Philippine setting. It focuses on the role of out-of-pocket payments for health care as a springboard in the analysis of measuring the magnitude and analyzing the extent of damage of catastrophic health expenditures. It also explores the scope and trends of these spending by different socioeconomic indi...

Catastrophic health care spending and impoverishment in Kenya

BACKGROUND Many health systems in Africa are funded primarily through out-of-pocket payments. Out-of-pocket payments prevent people from seeking care, can result to catastrophic health spending and lead to impoverishment. This paper estimates the burden of out-of-pocket payments in Kenya; the incidence and intensity of catastrophic health care expenditure and the effect of health spending on na...