Promoter:
Prof. Dr. Bruno DUJARDIN
Research Center "Policies and Health Systems – International Health"
School of Public Health Université libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium
Kala-azar in Nepal: public health evidence to support the elimination initiative
Surendra Kumar URANW
Co-promoter(s):
Prof. Dr. Marleen BOELAERT Unit of Epidemiology and Control of Tropical Disease
Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Suman RIJAL
Department of Internal Medicine and Tropical & Infectious Disease Centre B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Dharan, Nepal
Dépôt Légal : D/2013/Surendra Kumar URANW, Auteur-Éditeur
DoCToRAL THESIS PRESENTED To oBTAIN THE DEgREE of DoCToR IN PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES September 2013
É c o l e d e S a n t É P u b l i q u e
Doctoral committee
Promoter
Prof. Dr. Bruno Dujardin,
Research Center: "Policies and Health Systems – International Health"
School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Co-promoter(s)
Prof. Dr. Marleen Boelaert,
Unit of Epidemiology and Control of Tropical Disease
Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium Prof. Dr. Suman Rijal,
Department of Internal Medicine and Tropical & Infectious Disease Center B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
Member of the Jury
Prof. Dr. Philippe Donnen (President of the Jury) Policies and Health Systems
School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Prof. Dr. M. Dramaix
Epidemiology and biostatistics
School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Prof. Dr. Isabelle Godin (Secretary of the Jury)
Social approaches to health
School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Prof. Dr. Philippe Goyens
Head of clinic, HUDERF Bruxelles, Belgium Prof. J. Macq
Faculty of Public Health, UCL Bruxelles, Belgium
Dedicated to my beloved late mother (the fountain of inspiration)
