Brazil achieves milestone in eliminating lymphatic filariasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. Eliminating a ...
Tag: tropical disease
Pioneering study brings leishmaniasis vaccine development closer
Scientists have developed a new, safe and effective way to infect volunteers with the parasite that causes leishmaniasis and measure ...
Rapid, easy-to-use diagnostic test could save more lives from melioidosis
Globally, more than half of patients die after infection with the neglected tropical disease, melioidosis, often before they are diagnosed. ...
Trial shows acoziborole drug clears body of African sleeping sickness parasites
A multi-center, open-level, phase II/III clinical trial has recently been conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the oral ...
Living with Noma: “These people are being hidden”
Ms. Casti, you are a nurse and work for Doctors Without Borders. You worked for nine months in a clinic ...
