Africa: Six African Nations Commit to Eliminate Deadly Neglected Disease Visceral Leishmaniasis: [Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative] During a ceremony organized under the auspices of the African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) and on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, representatives from six African countries - Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan,… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKwVHV #Africa #VisceralLeishmaniasis #NeglectedDiseases #PublicHealth #WHO
Africa: 6 African Nations Commit to Eliminate Deadly Neglected Disease, Visceral Leishmaniasis: [Capital FM] Nairobi -- In a landmark move to combat one of the world's deadliest neglected tropical diseases, six African countries Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKwLDp #Africa #NeglectedDiseases #VisceralLeishmaniasis #PublicHealth #TropicalDiseases
Snake bite antivenom in sub-Saharan Africa is unreliable – some is…

In sub-Saharan Africa patients face a “Wild West” where treatments for snake bites cost the earth or don’t work

TBIJ

Exciting results on a new sleeping sickness drug: 95% effective in late stage patients, and 100% effective in those diagnosed early in a trial in the DRC & Guinea. Could this be the beginning of the end of the disease?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/new-cure-sleeping-sickness-could-eliminate-nightmare-disease/

Also more stunning 🦟 pics from Simon Townsley..

#neglecteddiseases #sleepingsickness #globalhealth #tsetseflies

New cure for sleeping sickness could eliminate ‘nightmare disease’

The illness can cause debilitating disruption of sleep patterns, uncontrollable aggression and psychosis – and is fatal without treatment

The Telegraph