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Kala Azar: fighting a neglected disease in remote India

Neglected diseases

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Neglected diseases disproportionally affect people in the world’s least-developed countries and there are few tools available with which to diagnose and treat.

They cover neglected tropical diseases, such as kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis) and sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis), plus issues such as snakebite envenoming, but also Chagas, noma, cutaneous leishmaniasis, and others.

These diseases are considered ‘neglected’, as – although they are usually life-threatening and claim thousands of lives every year – the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries ignore the development of vaccines, diagnostic tools and drugs to tackle them.

Neglected diseases

 
Myanmar
Myanmar

MSF treats first CMV retinitis patients with oral drug

Press Release 23 Jul 2014
 
Myanmar

First patients take oral drug for HIV-related blindness

Press Release 23 Jul 2014
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India. Sadar Hospital, Vaishali District.
India

Better detection, diagnosis and treatment needed for neglected complication of kala azar in Bihar

Press Release 10 Apr 2014
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
India

Access to kala azar treatment in public healthcare system needs to be scaled up

Project Update 28 Mar 2014
 
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Tuberculosis, a killer disease

Project Update 21 Mar 2014
 
MSF Chagas project in Aiquile, Bolivia
Mexico

Agreement between MSF and state government will help prevent Chagas disease

Press Release 14 Mar 2014
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