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Neglected Diseases 

Neglected diseases often affect people living in developing countries. As a result, pharmaceutical companies have little interest in working to find a cure for these diseases.  Stimulating awareness about the urgent need for new, better treatment and tests for diseases like leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness and Chagas and noma  is key to the work of MSF’s Access Campaign and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) of which MSF was a founding partner.

25/07/2023

Transforming lives in Mozambique: surgical treatment for patients with neglected diseases in Mogovolas district

MSF is collaborating with the District Services of Health, Women and Social Action in Mogovolas and the Provincial Services in Nampula, Mozambique, to deliver surgical treatment for hydrocele, one of the chronic complications of the neglected tropical disease (NTD) lymphatic filariasis (commonly known as elephantiasis).

07/06/2023

From 'Chipatta' to Hope: The Pursuit of an Elephantiasis-Free Life

In this testimony, Muheva shares his experience of living with the chronic disease, also called Elephantiasis, which in its advanced stage is characterized by extreme swelling in the limbs, genitals and breasts.

22/05/2023

Noma: "There is ability in disability and there is nothing that we cannot do.”

Mulikat Okolanwon got noma as a child and was left severely disfigured. After several surgeries at Sokoto Noma Hospital in northern Nigeria, she started working in the hospital and went on to become a patient advocate, travelling abroad to raise awareness of the disease and sharing her story.

22/05/2023

Three survivors of noma, a disease that should no longer exist

Muhammadu, Mulikat and Dahiru have little in common. They were born in different corners of Nigeria and grew up in different circumstances and with different dreams. But one day, when they were still children, their lives and those of their relatives changed forever because of noma.

14 MSF trucks loaded with tents and winter kits crossing into northwest Syria [Abdulmonam Eassa/MS]
20/02/2023

MSF aid convoy in relief of earthquake victims enters northwest Syria

MSF calls for the urgent scaling up of humanitarian supplies, which currently fail to even match pre-earthquake volumes

03/02/2023

Noma takes step towards inclusion on WHO list of neglected tropical diseases

The inclusion of noma in the list would shine a spotlight on the most neglected of neglected diseases

27/01/2023

MSF calls for increased global investment ahead of World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day on 30 January 2023

It’s past time to overcome the neglect and end the scourge of these diseases

MSF lab manager Mercy Oluya performs a kala azar diagnostic test MSF laboratory in Abdurafi May 2018
23/06/2022

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

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Neglected Diseases 

Neglected diseases often affect people living in developing countries. As a result, pharmaceutical companies have little interest in working to find a cure for these diseases.  Stimulating awareness about the urgent need for new, better treatment and tests for diseases like leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness and Chagas and noma  is key to the work of MSF’s Access Campaign and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) of which MSF was a founding partner.