VL Study Groups
IDDO facilitates collaborative Study Groups to undertake individual patient data meta-analyses to answer specific research questions about visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatments. Gathering and combining datasets from multiple studies allows for the study of differential treatment effects across sub-populations of interest and helps to explore sources of between-study heterogeneity in therapeutic responses.
Working together, and combining data from different regions and populations, is improving our understanding of the disease, and will advance research and subsequent drug development.
![Credit Aisha Faquir, World Bank Doctors in clinic](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_image_crop/public/page/staff_in_clinic.Credit_Aisha_Faquir_World_Bank.jpg?itok=KLI-s-a7)
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Credit Aisha Faquir, World Bank