Guwahati declaration 2024: Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Endemic Haemoptysis.

Stakeholders meet on "Diagnosis of Endemic Haemoptysis" was conducted on September 14, 2024 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India during the 18th National Conference of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology. This programme was of national importance since endemic hemoptysis caused by Paragonimus westermanii and related species is a public health problem in North-eastern states of India because of exotic food habit of the inhabitants. Experts in Paragonimiasis infection across India attended this meeting. The objective was to frame the guidelines on the identification and detection of P. westermanii with reference to conventional diagnostic and molecular methods. The recommendations of the panel were released as the declaration on the diagnosis of endemic haemoptysis and were circulated to various administrative and scientific bodies in India as reference policy document on the diagnosis of the same.