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Chagas disease

Shortage of benznidazole leaves Chagas patients without treatment

MSF is urging the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which is responsible for the only laboratory in the world manufacturing benznidazole, to respect its commitment to Chagas patients and take immediate measures to make the drug available. Press Release - 5 Oct 2011
 
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HIV/AIDS

DNDi launches new drug development programme to address treatment needs of children with HIV/AIDS

“There are millions of children with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries, but their needs are absent from the HIV research and development agenda, and this is largely because they are poor and voiceless and do not represent a lucrative market,” said Dr. Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director of DNDi. Project Update - 18 Jul 2011
 
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Neglected diseases

MSF and DNDi call for a more rounded resolution on Chagas disease

The resolution, 'Chagas Disease: Control and Elimination', to be adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is a step in the right direction but should not focus only on prevention. Project Update - 17 May 2010
 
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Project Update

'Top Ten' humanitarian crises: Aid blocked and diseases neglected

Civilians attacked, bombed, and cut off from aid in Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), along with stagnant funding for treating HIV/AIDS and ongoing neglect of other diseases, were among the worst emergencies in 2009, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported today in its annual list of the "Top Ten" humanitarian crises. Press Release - 21 Dec 2009
 
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Colombia

MSF starts treating people with Chagas disease in Colombia

The international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started to diagnose and treat people affected by Chagas disease in Arauca department, in northeastern Colombia. Press Release - 24 Nov 2009
 
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Chagas disease

Time to focus on patients

This year, 100 years since the discovery Chagas disease, MSF is launching the campaign, “Chagas: it’s time to break the silence.” Project Update - 7 Jul 2009
 
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Chagas disease

Chagas disease not addressed by World Health Assembly - Neglected disease neglected once again

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges affected countries to scale up diagnosis and treatment on 100th anniversary of the discovery of the disease. Press Release - 19 May 2009
 
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Neglected diseases

MSF and DNDi call for scale-up of R&D for neglected diseases

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) called today for more sustainable funding for research and development (R&D) to tackle deadly, yet neglected diseases, that affect millions of people around the world. Press Release - 23 Feb 2009
 
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Brazil

MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria

Developed through a partnership between DNDi and Farmanguinhos, ASMQ combines artesunate (AS) and mefloquine (MQ) in one fixed dose.
This new drug is an important additional tool for the better treatment for a disease that continues to kill over one million people each year globally, and kills a child every 30 seconds.
Press Release - 17 Apr 2008
 
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Brazil

Medical and psych care amidst the violence in Rio de Janeiro

MSF runs an emergency room in the community of Fazendinha, located in the heart of the neighbourhood, where four main services are offered: emergency care, mental health services, referrals through MSF vehicles, and orientation to patients not fitting the MSF admission criteria. Project Update - 6 Mar 2008
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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