Neglected Diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases: ‘Incredible progress has been made but there’s still a long way to go’
Stories from the Frontline
30 Jan 2020
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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.
