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Story | Jan 31, 2025

Neglected tropical diseases: What are they and how can they be stopped?

This group of diseases often result in devastating social and economic consequences, primarily affecting the world’s poorest places.

Story | Mar 29, 2023

Emergency treatment for kala azar in Ethiopia

Watch how MSF is responding to an unusually high number of deaths caused by kala azar.

Story | Mar 29, 2023

Inside an emergency response in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley

MSF teams provide lifesaving treatment for kala azar, one of the most neglected tropical diseases

News | Jan 30, 2023

MSF calls for more global investment in treating neglected tropical diseases

Neglected tropical diseases affect over one billion people and kill hundreds of thousands each year, despite little global attention.

Story | Dec 23, 2022

Ethiopia: MSF staff and patients describe enormous health challenges

“Impartiality is at MSF’s core—we treat everybody, regardless of who they are or where they’re from.”

News | Jan 27, 2021

MSF calls for improved global response to neglected tropical diseases

Story | Jul 10, 2019

"We had to do something"

The beginnings of MSF’s Access Campaign

Story | Sep 20, 2018

Breaking the cycle of illness for kala azar patients in Ethiopia

Diagnosing, treating, and researching kala azar-HIV coinfection in Abdurafi

News | Nov 13, 2017

MSF Told to Close Last Project in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Story | Dec 11, 2015

South Sudan: After Two Years of Fighting