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Noma survivors: closer to getting the attention they deserve

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

 
Neglected diseases

The Plagues of Poverty

Project Update 19 Mar 2002
 
Neglected diseases

Neglected diseases of global importance

Project Update 19 Dec 2001
 
Republic of Congo

Sleeping sickness reaches epidemic proportions in Congo Brazzaville

Project Update 17 Aug 2001
 
Neglected diseases

MSF at the Genoa G8

Project Update 23 Jul 2001
 
Neglected diseases

MSF at the Genoa G8: From declarations to action

Project Update 18 Jul 2001
 
Republic of Congo

Prevalence of sleeping sickness inordinately high in Congo-Brazzaville

Project Update 29 Jun 2001
Advanced HIV management in Homa Bay
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