Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease transmitted by sand-flies and is considered one of the most neglected diseases in the world. It mostly affects the poorest of the poor. People living in poor situations are more susceptible. Leishmaniasis includes several variants...

The 2021 Virtual Academic Surgery Conference (VASC) was held virtually on March 27th 2021. Twelve abstracts were selected for presentation at the conference and eight of those have been submitted for publication in the conference proceedings, published by the Cambridge Medicine Journal.