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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

 
Italy

MSF fights against neglected diseases among migrants

Voices from the Field 9 Aug 2012
 
Central African Republic

Treating sleeping sickness, a neglected disease

Project Update 7 Aug 2012
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Neglected diseases

Fighting Neglect: Finding ways to manage and control visceral leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease

Report 11 Jun 2012
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Neglected diseases

New MSF report highlights how to break cycle of neglect

Press Release 11 Jun 2012
 
Neglected diseases

Combating tropical diseases: What is still missing

Press Release 30 Jan 2012
 
India

Fighting kala azar in Bihar

Project Update 22 Nov 2011
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