Knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices of cutaneous leishmaniasis in highly-endemic rural areas of Kandahar province, Afghanistan: A large cross-sectional community-based study
Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Sharafuddin Resha, Mohammadullah Khaksar, Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Hashmatullah Osmani, Abdul Baqi Daqiq, Habiburahman Rahmani, Hikmatullah Saleem, Walter R. Taylor, Abhay Satoskar, Sridhar Srikantiah, Sridhar Srikantiah, Sridhar Srikantiah · 2026
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Bilal Ahmad Rahimi and a large team survey knowledge of a skin disease in rural Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2026. Cutaneous leishmaniasis, spread by sand fly bites, is very common in the province. What residents know and do about it had never been measured at scale.
The team questioned 2,118 adults in two districts from September 2024 to March 2025. Most participants were farmers from poor families, and most had no schooling. Only about a quarter showed good knowledge, and fewer than a fifth used good prevention habits. Being unable to read stood out as a strong tie to poor prevention. The authors call for teaching campaigns fitted to low-literacy villages.
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| CREATOR | Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Sharafuddin Resha, Mohammadullah Khaksar, Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Hashmatullah Osmani, Abdul Baqi Daqiq, Habiburahman Rahmani, Hikmatullah Saleem, Walter R. Taylor, Abhay Satoskar, Sridhar Srikantiah, Sridhar Srikantiah, Sridhar Srikantiah |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |