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Lessons learned from the 10 years of work on VL in East Pokot/Tiaty, Baringo County,Kenya
On December 9, 2024 the Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform Newsletter (LEAP), published by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative ...
Abigail Williams
Jan 61 min read

Environmental Risk Factors for Visceral Leishmaniasis: An Analysis of Housing Types and Behavioral Factors in Baringo County, Kenya
On September 3, 2024, Katherine O'Brien and the ACCIH team published a paper focusing on how different housing structures and the...
Abigail Williams
Oct 20, 20241 min read

Visceral Leishmaniasis follow-up and treatment outcomes in Tiaty East and West sub-counties, Kenya: Cure, relapse, and Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
On June 25, 2024, Grace C. Kennedy and the ACCIH team published a paper focusing on the long-term treatment outcomes in two select...
Abigail Williams
Sep 5, 20241 min read

Conference Presentation: The leishmaniases in Kenya: a scoping review
Presented at the 2023 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Katherine O'Brien
Jan 18, 20241 min read

Conference Presentation: Environmental risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis: an analysis of housing types and behavioral factors in a region of Baringo County, Kenya
Presented at the 2023 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. A presentation of this...
Katherine O'Brien
Jan 18, 20241 min read

Conference Presentation: Retrospective Epidemiological Study on the Effectiveness of Visceral Leishmaniasis Treatment Protocols and Risk Factors for Relapse in Tiaty East and West Sub-counties, Kenya
Presented at the 2023 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. A presentation of this...
Katherine O'Brien
Jan 18, 20241 min read

Conference Presentation: Entomological and epidemiological factors of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Kajiado-West, Kenya
Presented at the 2022 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference.
Katherine O'Brien
Jan 18, 20241 min read

Conference Presentation: Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kenya: A study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices, in two focal sub-counties.
Presented at the 2021 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference.
Katherine O'Brien
Jan 18, 20241 min read

Conference Presentation: Visceral Leishmaniasis Treatment Effectiveness and Risk Factors for Relapse
Research presented at Northeastern's Research and Creative Endeavor, Innovation, Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Expo 2023.
Grace Kennedy
Jun 23, 20231 min read

Conference Presentation: Housing Structures and Leishmaniasis Transmission in Baringo County, Kenya
Research presented at Northeastern's Research and Creative Endeavor, Innovation, Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Expo 2023.
Katherine O'Brien
Jun 17, 20231 min read

Conference Presentation: The Socioeconomic Drivers and Impacts of Leishmaniasis
The Socioeconomic Drivers and Impacts of Leishmaniasis was presented at WorldLeish 7 in Cartagena, Colombia, in August 2022. This is the...
Katherine O'Brien
Jun 17, 20231 min read

Conference Presentation: The leishmaniases in Kenya: a scoping review.
A poster of The leishmaniases in Kenya: a scoping review was presented at WorldLeish7 in Cartagena, Colombia, in August 2022. WorldLeish7...
Katherine O'Brien
Jun 17, 20231 min read

Published 2023: The leishmaniases in Kenya: a scoping review.
The ACCIH team along with students at Northeastern University published a scoping review in PLoS NTDs of all leishmaniasis studies...
Katherine O'Brien
Jun 17, 20231 min read


Sarah Weihl
Nov 1, 20210 min read

Conference Presentation 2018: Influencing Community-Based Point-of-Care for Visceral ...
This poster titled Influencing Community-Based Point-of-Care for Visceral Leishmaniasis in East Pokot, Kenya was presented at...
Sarah Weihl
Nov 1, 20211 min read

Conference Presention 2015: An integrated community interventional-evaluative model ...
This poster titled An integrated community interventional-evaluative model for neglected diseases in East Pokot district, Kenya was...
Sarah Weihl
Nov 1, 20211 min read

Abstract: Outcomes of a Community Interventional-Evaluative Model...
Outcomes of a Community Interventional-Evaluative Model for Neglected Diseases in East Pokot, Kenya.
Sarah Weihl
Oct 16, 20211 min read

Conference Presentation 2019: Influencing Community-Based Point-of-Care for Visceral ...
This poster titled Influencing Community-Based Point-of-Care for Visceral Leishmaniasis in East Pokot, Kenya was presented at...
Sarah Weihl
Oct 16, 20211 min read


Published 2020: Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Global Overview
The ACCIH team published Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Global Overview in the Journal of Global Health Science. Click the image below to see...
Catherine Wenger
Oct 16, 20211 min read


Published 2020: Matching Development of Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests to the Local Context ...
The ACCIH team published Matching Development of Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests to the Local Context: A Case Study of Visceral...
Catherine Wenger
Oct 16, 20211 min read
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