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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

 
Chagas disease

Shortage of benznidazole leaves Chagas patients without treatment

Press Release 5 Oct 2011
 
Kala azar

Kala Azar treatment brings lifelong immunity

Project Update 11 Mar 2011
 
Kala azar

One year after opening a kala azar center in Sudan

Press Release 7 Mar 2011
 
Kala azar

Fighting kala azar in southern Sudan

Project Update 10 Feb 2011
 
South Sudan

Southern Sudan in grips of worst kala azar outbreak in eight years.

Press Release 16 Dec 2010
 
South Sudan

MSF increases capacity in response to kala azar outbreak in South Sudan

Project Update 23 Aug 2010
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