Sudan 2010 © Olga Overbeek
Learn about the issues MSF & others confront in the diagnosis and treatment of neglected diseases.
Neglected Diseases
Stimulating awareness about the urgent need for new, better and treatment and tests for diseases like leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness and Chagas Disease is key to our work.
30. January 2012
NTDs MEETING IN LONDON
What is Really Required to Combat Neglected Diseases
Despite increased attention to neglected diseases, MSF notes what is missing from global plans if elimination is truly to be achieved -- R&D and continued programmatic support.
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DRC 2011 © Robin Meldrum
Neglected Diseases: The Issues
Neglected Diseases: The Issues
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An introduction to Kala Azar with MSF
MSF Doctor Koert Ritmeijer explains the basics about kala azar: how it is contracted, symptons and treatment...
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MSF & Neglected Diseases
MSF & Neglected Diseases
DRC 2011 © Robin Meldrum
An overview of where and how MSF is treating neglected diseases around the world.
Neglected Diseases Facts
Currently available medicines and rapid diagnostic tests for kala azar have shown much less efficacy in East Africa than in the Indian subcontinent.
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