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Ubaldo Mendoza, 18, has initiated Chagas treatment in San Pedro Pochutlas health facility.

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01 October 2014

Chagas diagnosis and treatment a reality in Oaxaca state

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases neglected diseases Mexico

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10 June 2014

No excuses in Chagas diagnosis

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases

A “CATT “test, whereby a drop of blood is taken from a patient a put on a piece of paper. A reactive agent is mixed with the blood and then it is put in a rotator. The test will help determine if the patient is suffering from sleeping sickness, otherwise known as HAT. Photograph by Ilka Brodt

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27 August 2013

MSF completes sleeping sickness screening for 16,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases sleeping sickness

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12 December 2012

Millions of Patients Still Waiting for Medical “Breakthroughs” Against Neglected Diseases

Tags HIV/AIDSIntellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseasesTuberculosisVaccines neglected diseasessleeping sicknessvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) research and development (R&D)

Banuna is in the MSF hospital in Doro with her mother Arabiya. Banuna just woke up from a five day coma, due to Malaria. The doctors did not think she was going to make it, her waking up is a small miracle. Her mother Arabiya says she was afraid of seeing her like that, she says "it was like she was dead". Photograph by Olga Victoire

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06 December 2012

New diagnostics and treatment offer new hope for sleeping sickness but who will use them?

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases neglected diseasessleeping sickness diagnostic tests

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03 December 2012

MSF response to the launch of the G-FINDER report

Tags Intellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseases neglected diseasessleeping sicknessvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) research and development (R&D) World Health Organization

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22 November 2012

International Medical Conference to Assess Progress and Shortcomings of Global Health Revolution for Neglected Patients

Tags HIV/AIDSIntellectual property and tradeMalariaMalnutritionResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseasesTuberculosisVaccines drug-resistant TBHIV/AIDStuberculosisvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) DNDi

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06 September 2012

MSF to receive 2012 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding

Tags HIV/AIDSIntellectual property and tradeMalariaMalnutritionResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseasesTuberculosisVaccines

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11 June 2012

Neglected Tropical Diseases: New MSF Report Highlights How to Break the Cycle of Neglect

Tags Intellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseases sleeping sicknessvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar)neglected diseases research and development (R&D)

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20 March 2012

Argentina joins Brazil in producing life-saving drug for neglected disease

Tags Intellectual property and tradeTropical & neglected diseases benznidazole Pan American Health Organization Brazil

Kala Azar in Bihar, India. Sadar Hospital, Vaishali District. In partnership with the State Health Society-Bihar, MSF has managed a Kala Azar diagnosis and treatment project in Vaishali District since 2007, and has treated more than 10,000 patients free-of-charge within government facilities.

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14 March 2012

MSF Calls for a Spotlight on Kala Azar

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases co-infectionvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) South AfricaIndia

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30 January 2012

Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases: What is Still Missing

Tags Intellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseases neglected diseasessleeping sickness Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationUSAIDWorld Health Organization

In Kacheliba, MSF offers a free treatment for patients affected by visceral leishmaniasis, commonly known as Kala-Azar. This disease, which can be fatal if not treated, is transmitted by sand flies

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08 December 2011

East African HIV programmes must wake up to visceral leishmaniasis

Tags HIV/AIDSTropical & neglected diseases co-infectionHIV/AIDSvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) ICASADNDi EthiopiaKenyaSudan

In this women's ward in Homa Bay District hospital in western Kenya, patients are treated for cryptococcal meningitis and other opportunistic infections.

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07 December 2011

First-Ever Treatment Guidelines Released for Major Cause of Death of People Living with HIV

Tags HIV/AIDSIntellectual property and tradeTropical & neglected diseases co-infectionHIV/AIDSmeningitis ICASAWorld Health Organization Ethiopia

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03 December 2011

At African AIDS Conference, MSF Calls For Increased Funding for HIV Treatment

Tags HIV/AIDSIntellectual property and tradeTropical & neglected diseasesTuberculosis co-infectionHIV/AIDSmeningitistuberculosisvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) antiretroviral medicines ICASAWorld AIDS Day

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05 October 2011

Treatment Ends for Chagas Patients

Tags Intellectual property and tradeTropical & neglected diseases neglected diseases benznidazole Pan American Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization BrazilParaguay

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17 May 2010

World Health Assembly: MSF and DNDi call for a more rounded resolution on Chagas disease

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases DNDiWorld Health AssemblyWorld Health Organization

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21 December 2009

"Top Ten" Humanitarian Crises: Aid Blocked and Diseases Neglected

Tags HIV/AIDSMalnutritionTropical & neglected diseases

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09 July 2009

The Fight Against Chagas: Time to Focus on Patients

Tags Intellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseases

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19 May 2009

Chagas disease not addressed by World Health Assembly - Neglected disease neglected once again

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases World Health AssemblyWorld Health Organization

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Chagas diagnosis and treatment a reality in Oaxaca state

No excuses in Chagas diagnosis

MSF completes sleeping sickness screening for 16,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Millions of Patients Still Waiting for Medical “Breakthroughs” Against Neglected Diseases

New diagnostics and treatment offer new hope for sleeping sickness but who will use them?

MSF response to the launch of the G-FINDER report

International Medical Conference to Assess Progress and Shortcomings of Global Health Revolution for Neglected Patients

MSF to receive 2012 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding

Neglected Tropical Diseases: New MSF Report Highlights How to Break the Cycle of Neglect

Argentina joins Brazil in producing life-saving drug for neglected disease

MSF Calls for a Spotlight on Kala Azar

Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases: What is Still Missing

East African HIV programmes must wake up to visceral leishmaniasis

First-Ever Treatment Guidelines Released for Major Cause of Death of People Living with HIV

At African AIDS Conference, MSF Calls For Increased Funding for HIV Treatment

Treatment Ends for Chagas Patients

World Health Assembly: MSF and DNDi call for a more rounded resolution on Chagas disease

"Top Ten" Humanitarian Crises: Aid Blocked and Diseases Neglected

The Fight Against Chagas: Time to Focus on Patients

Chagas disease not addressed by World Health Assembly - Neglected disease neglected once again