About Us
SPEAK India, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a partnership between the Indian Council of Medical Research, the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Our background
In the Indian subcontinent, visceral leishmaniasis is a serious public health problem. To reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease, the governments of India, Bangladesh and Nepal launched a regional initiative in 2005 to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem by 2015.
Our aim
SPEAK India brings together researchers and technical experts alike, with an aim to develop a consensus on the additional knowledge required to ensure visceral leishmaniasis transmission is successfully interrupted and elimination is sustained.