World Health Forum. 1994 ; 15(3): 245-7.

A kala-azar control programme for remote tribal communities.

Thakur CP, Frances Sister , Therese Sister , Victoria Sister , Puspa Sister .

Patna Medical College, India.

Indigenous people have been trained to provide a culturally appropriate kala-azar control programme for the tribal population of Sahibganj, Bihar, India. Cultural resistance to modern medicine has been overcome and the influence of village witch-doctors has been countered.