The harsh story of a malaria survivor: two weeks in a coma, 47 operations and the amputation of both legs
A work trip to Nigeria changed the life of Stephenie Rodriguez (Sydney, 55 years old). In September 2019, this Australian ...
Tag: forgotten diseases
Keys to the “silent spread of dengue”: historic figures of infections and cases in places never seen before
Dengue figures have skyrocketed around the world. The historical high reached in 2023, with more than 6.5 million diagnosed cases, ...
The ordeal of a continent with its forgotten diseases: “How is there going to be money for research, if the priority is to have water and electricity?”
“Africa will never be a reference in research.” The Ghanaian Lydia Mosi (43 years old) and the Nigerian Gloria Dada ...
The first Spaniard attacked by the bacteria that devours human flesh: “It's like the bite of a shark”
The biologist Patricia Casas was the first spanish person who suffered one of the most forgotten diseases on the planet: ...
A day with the physiotherapist for Buruli ulcer survivors from Ivory Coast
Edmond Bruno Akassou Gbamo has a difficult job that he spices up with a sense of humor so as not ...
How to authorize and produce medicines in Africa faster and safer
There is a monthly vaginal ring that can reduce a woman's chances of contracting HIV through sexual relations by approximately ...
Closer to eliminating sleeping sickness
The first time I had patients with sleeping sickness It was in Uganda in 1989. He was working for Doctors ...