# \[e-drug\] MSF report 'Fighting Neglect' on Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, kala azar **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [June 14, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-msf-report-fighting-neglect-on-chagas-disease-sleeping-sickness-kala-azar/37455 "2012-06-14T13:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michelle\_Vilk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Michelle\_Vilk](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Michelle_Vilk)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-msf-report-fighting-neglect-on-chagas-disease-sleeping-sickness-kala-azar/37455/1 "2012-06-14T13:18:09Z")
E-DRUG: MSF report 'Fighting Neglect' on Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, kala azar ------------------------------------------ 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](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 Join MSF & tell Novartis that people matter more than profits. Take action and Stop Novartis: [http://www.msfaccess.org/STOPnovartis/](http://www.msfaccess.org/STOPnovartis/)