[Change of knowledge rate after health education on visceral leishmaniasis among residents in a township of Kashgar City].

Health education activities including distribution of brochures, posters, and lectures were conducted in selected villages of a kala-azar endemic-township, Kashi city of Xinjiang in 2004-2006. Questionnaire was carried out before and after health education in residents and students. The percentage of correctly answering all 5 questions on leishmaniasis in residents and primary/secondary school students increased from 0.7% and 0 to 54.2% and 70.7% respectively, indicating that health education can raise public awareness for the disease prevention and control.