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Yusufa Adam, 5 years, received treatment for noma in the Sokoto hospital.

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26 January 2023

MSF calls for increased global investment ahead of World NTD Day

Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day 30 January, MSF demands improved global response for NTDs, including increased investment.

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases nomasleeping sicknesssnakebitevisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar)

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23 June 2022

MSF warns that reduced funding for Neglected Tropical Diseases could be devastating

MSF reiterates its commitment to diagnosing and treating life-threatening NTDs in humanitarian settings as it signs the Kigali Declaration

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases nomaChagas diseasesleeping sicknesssnakebitevisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) World Health Organization Rwanda

27 January 2021

Overcoming Neglect

No more neglected diseases, no more neglected patients

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases nomaChagas diseasesleeping sicknesssnakebitevisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar)

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08 July 2019

A doctor's dream

The faces behind the development of a new drug for sleeping sickness.

Feature story

Then & Now in Access to Medicines: Changes & Challenges

Tags Hepatitis CHIV/AIDSResearch and developmentTuberculosisVaccines Ebolahepatitis CHIV/AIDSsleeping sicknesstuberculosis Access Campaign: 20 Years

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24 February 2017

Killer diseases - Sleeping sickness

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases sleeping sicknessneglected diseases

MSF mobile medical team crosses the river with cars and motorbikes to reach remote villages.

Feature story |

16 September 2015

MSF travels the extra mile to treat sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of Congo

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases neglected diseasessleeping sickness Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Feature story |

23 July 2013

Insects Without Borders: Barrie Rooney in Democratic Republic of Congo

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases neglected diseasessleeping sickness Democratic Republic of the Congo

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12 July 2013

New treatment for trypanosomiasis in DRC

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases sleeping sickness access to medicines Democratic Republic of the Congo

Research article |

17 December 2012

Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Looming Emergency?

Tags Tropical & neglected diseases sleeping sicknessneglected diseases

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13 December 2012

Sleeping Sickness: The Long Road

Tags Intellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseases neglected diseasessleeping sickness research and development (R&D)

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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)

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12 December 2012

Fatal Neglect: The Global Health Revolution's Forgotten Patients

Tags Research and developmentTropical & neglected diseases sleeping sicknessvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar)neglected diseasesChagas disease research and development (R&D)

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11 December 2012

Lives in the Balance: Delivering Medical Innovations for Neglected Patients and Populations

Tags HIV/AIDSIntellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseasesTuberculosisVaccines drug-resistant TBHIV/AIDSneglected diseasessleeping sicknesstuberculosisvisceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) vaccines research and development (R&D)

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06 December 2012

Swat Sleeping Sickness: A Call to Action

Tags Intellectual property and tradeResearch and developmentTropical & neglected diseases neglected diseasessleeping sickness

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

Speech |

09 October 2012

MSF Keynote Address at 2012 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding

Tags HIV/AIDSIntellectual property and tradeMalariaMalnutritionTropical & neglected diseasesTuberculosisVaccines sleeping sickness research and development (R&D) DNDi

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MSF calls for increased global investment ahead of World NTD Day

MSF warns that reduced funding for Neglected Tropical Diseases could be devastating

Overcoming Neglect

A doctor's dream

Then & Now in Access to Medicines: Changes & Challenges

Infographics: our wishlist for 2019

Killer diseases - Sleeping sickness

MSF travels the extra mile to treat sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Insects Without Borders: Barrie Rooney in Democratic Republic of Congo

New treatment for trypanosomiasis in DRC

Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Looming Emergency?

Sleeping Sickness: The Long Road

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

Fatal Neglect: The Global Health Revolution's Forgotten Patients

Lives in the Balance: Delivering Medical Innovations for Neglected Patients and Populations

Swat Sleeping Sickness: A Call to Action

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

MSF Keynote Address at 2012 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding