E-DRUG: MSF report 'Fighting Neglect' on Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, kala azar
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Médecins Sans Frontières has this week launched its new report Fighting
Neglect charting MSF's 25 years of experience in diagnosing and treating
Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, and kala azar, in Latin America,
Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Caucasus.
To read the report:
http://www.msfaccess.org/about-us/media-room/press-releases/neglected-tropical-diseases-new-msf-report-highlights-how-break
"Fighting Neglect" charts MSF's 25 years of experience in diagnosing and
treating Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, and kala azar, in Latin
America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Caucasus. It examines
past, present, and future management of the diseases and shows that
treatment is possible even with existing diagnostic tools and medicines.
However, additional research and development toward new and more effective
diagnostics and treatments are desperately needed to address the
overwhelming neglect of people whose needs fail to be met by
pharmaceutical companies. It will take increased political will among
international donors and national governments where these diseases are
endemic to improve access to quality life-saving treatment.
Kind regards,
Michelle Vilk
Coordination and Communications Assistant
Médecins Sans Frontières - Access Campaign
Rue de Lausanne 78
1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: + 41(0) 22 849 89 02
Fax: + 41 (0) 22 849 84 04
michelle.vilk@geneva.msf.org
www.msfaccess.org
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