Every year, kala azar kills more than 50,000 thousand people worldwide. A neglected disease, the treatment for it was developed in the 1930s and requires a long, painful course of intra-muscular injections. The treatment is also prohibitively expensive for many of those who have the disease. In Kacheliba, West Pokot District, Kenya, MSF provides free treatment for kala azar.
This video is very eye opening. The whole concept of a "neglected disease" is very sad and it is great to see work being done to address this.
c2kmedical 2 years ago