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My colleagues examine a snakebite patient. During harvest season, farm workers come across snakes almost every day. In 2018 @MSF treated 647 patients for #snakebites in #Abdurafi, mostly migrant workers who can’t access affordable & effective treatment. #1DayintheField
23:10 - 19 Feb 2019
Another neglected tropical disease we’re treating in Abdurafi is #snakebite envenoming 🐍. Envenoming refers to snakebite poisoning. There are about 20 different venomous snakes endemic to the region which farm workers come across daily during harvest season #1DayintheField #NTDs
22:30 - 19 Feb 2019
A look through the microscope: it's a sample from the spleen showing many #kalaazar parasites -ring shaped structures with deep purple dots inside. Mortality rates are up to 14 times higher in HIV co-infected & relapse patients so timely diagnosis can save lives #1DayintheField
20:40 - 19 Feb 2019
Here's our Lab Manager, Jackie checking a blood sample for parasites. We run a state-of-the-art laboratory for diagnosis of #kalaazar in #Abdurafi - one of the few places in #Ethiopia where the presence of active kala azar parasites can be accurately diagnosed. #1DayintheField
20:20 - 19 Feb 2019
So, what is kala azar? Also known as visceral leishmaniasis, #kalaazar is a parasitic disease transmitted by the sand fly. It infects people mostly in Asia, East Africa & South America & if left untreated, it's fatal. Every year, about 50,000 people die of it #1DayintheField
19:30 - 19 Feb 2019
#Amhara is known for its fertile land and vast commercial farms. Almost 500,000 daily workers migrate in search of jobs in the fields. They often work barefoot at night, using bare hands to harvest crops, exposed to snakes & also sandflies which transmit #kalaazar #1DayintheField
18:45 - 19 Feb 2019
I come from #Rwanda & I’ve worked with @MSF for the past 3.5 years in different countries. I’m interested in Tropical Medicine & #Humanitarian health programmes & hope to make a difference for our patients through research in neglected tropical diseases (#NTDs) #1DayintheField
18:15 - 19 Feb 2019