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Neglected diseases

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

 
Ethiopia

Kala azar outbreak in Ethiopia as rainy season begins

Project Update 27 Jun 2005
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

The 'mondele' proves her mettle

Project Update 16 Nov 2004
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF opens ground-breaking sleeping sickness project in the DRC

Project Update 27 Sep 2004
 
Sudan

Darfur diary: Amid the hostilities, hospitality

Project Update 2 Sep 2004
 
Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E outbreak in three Darfur locations

Project Update 25 Aug 2004
 
Mali

Improving access to health care

Project Update 18 Aug 2004
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