01 February 2013
MSF’s Mobile Sleeping Sickness Team was temporarily based in KajoKeji, screening for cases of sleeping sickness and providing a 10-day treatment to those in need.
01 February 2013
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12 December 2012
National control activities crippled by lack of sustainable fundingA local health worker checks a young boy for signs of sleeping sickness in Mboki, Central African Republic. Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a fatal and much neglected disease that plagues parts of Africa. Over 13 days an MSF Mobile HAT team screened 4,548 people for the disease, and four people received treatment. Photo:Sebastian Bolesch GENEVA/ KINSHASA - December 6, 2012 –Advances in the development of new diagnostic tests and treatment bode well for the fight against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), however, national control activities on the ground are crippled by a lack of sustainable funding, warns medical...
22 November 2011
Decades of conflict and a lack of government investment have made it hard for people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to access basic healthcare. Epidemics have spread unchecked and treatment of deadly diseases has been neglected.
Click on the photo to view the slideshow "Day In Day Out: Delivering Basic Health Care in DRC
Eastern DRCcontext is still volatile, marked by shifting alliances between armed groups, ongoing military operations, instability, insecurity, banditry, and violence. Attacks against civilians and aid organisations are rising, making both the population and humanitarian aid workers increasingly vulnerable.
Rape, murder, kidnapping, and random acts of...
22 November 2011
Decades of conflict and a lack of government investment have made it hard for people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to access basic healthcare. Epidemics have spread unchecked and treatment of deadly diseases has been neglected.
Eastern DRC context is still volatile, marked by shifting alliances between armed groups, ongoing military operations, instability, insecurity, banditry, and violence. Attacks against civilians and aid organisations are rising, making both the population and humanitarian aid workers increasingly vulnerable.
Click on the photo to view the slideshow "Day In Day Out: Delivering Basic Health Care in DRC
Rape, murder, kidnapping, and random acts of...
20 July 2011
Kala Azar (Leishmaniasis)Along with Chagas disease and sleeping sickness, kala azar is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – after malaria – it is the second largest parasitic killer in the world.Kala azar is endemic in 47 countries with approximately 200 million people at risk of infection. The parasite is spread to humans by bites from infected female sand flies. It attacks the immune system, and is almost always fatal if not treated. There are around half a million new cases a year, about 90 percent of which are in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sudan and Brazil. Since 1988, with the help of our supporters we have treated over 100,000 people with the disease.What causes kala azar?Kala azar is...