In the sleeping sickness ward - Banda, Democratic Republic of the Congo - MSF/DNDi

This 5 minutes documentary follows a doctor in the MSF ward of the human African trypanosomiasis program in Banda (Haut Uélé, DRC). She presents the symptoms of the sleeping sickness and how severe the treatment can be (especially for stage 2 of the disease), here an IV drip which provokes strong side-effects. As the treatment is far from being perfect, a clinical study on the field funded by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative is ongoing for a combination therapy: NECT (Nifortimox-Eflornithine Combination Therapy) which has several advantages, in particular the length of the treatment is reduced to half with minor risk of resistance development.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• sleeping
• sickness
• DNDi
• Drugs
• for
• Neglected
• Diseases
• initiative
• Médecins
• Sans
• Frontières
• Nifurtimox-Eflornithine
• neglected
• diseases
• Africa
• NECT

[djsvchost]

nice doc

[TinyAyame9]

I'm not sure about what I've read, but I thought that Enflornithine was "relatively non-toxic" as opposed to suramin or melarsoprol, which are extremely toxic if not administered properly. What am I missing? If anyone would like to inform me. Why is this still happening??

[dcg84]

Please, what is the name of the doctor?

[taotapp]

Thanks for uploading this.