Black fever is a strange disease
Black fever
Since 2010, the MSF has inaugurated a treatment for Kala-azar in the eastern Sudanese province of Al-Gadirf.
The doctor in charge of the project will explain the operation of the project.
Dr. Dougie Mildett WORKU has extensive experience treating black azure (also called visceral leishmaniasis).
Each year, 1.5 million people are infected with kala-azar, mainly in Asia and Africa, but various pharmaceutical companies ignore the disease.
Voloko is an Ethiopian doctor who has treated patients in Uganda and Kenya. In January 2010, he was inaugurated at the inauguration of the Treatment of Black Azar in the province of Algarve.
Algarda Reef is located five hundred kilometers east of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Although an unprecedented epidemic of Kala-azar is currently raging in South Sudan, the Algarda Reef has always been one of the areas most affected by Kala-azar.
Dr. Volko has just returned from Algarve, and he will talk about the treatment of the black excuse.
What impressed you the most in East Sudan?
In Kenya, I treat 60 to 70 patients every month. In the Algrada Reef, when we first started working at the Black Fever Treatment Center in Tabarakullah, there were about one hundred and fifty patients a day in January alone.
We now have an average of one hundred a hundred patients every month. Some patients need to travel one hundred and thirty kilometers before coming to the center for treatment. Because there was not enough space for treatment, we had to treat patients under a big tree. Then, send the patient to a temporary shelter.
After that, we created a new ward. With so many patients, I was really surprised at first, but my colleagues borrow from Sudan.
One of Sudan's most affected areas is the Elgarada Reef. In some villages, all residents were infected. Eighty-five percent of the cases of Kala-azar in North Sudan are in the province of Algardariv
Why is the epidemic most serious in this area?
The climate and region of the Algarda Reef is particularly conducive to the life of sandflies, and sandflies are a catalyst for the spread of the Black Azar.
After the rainy season, these insects will settle on the ground or on the branches of the trunk.
We have ten local health centers specifically for the treatment of Kala-azar, so that patients from other provinces can be treated.
Our surveillance in Algarve Rio is also the closest.
I believe that if the same measures are taken in North Sudan, the rate of black azar in Algardariev will decrease.
Despite our efforts, black
The scourge is still unresolved. Algarve Dreif needs more funding to prevent and treat it.
The Algarada Rio has become an important area for the study of Calgary Azar, but the proportion of research dedicated to improving diagnosis and treatment is still insufficient.
For example, sodium stebogluconate, the first line drug against black azar, was developed in 1930.
In addition, MSF-administered treatment is the only rapid testing. This test is very easy to perform, and only requires a drop of blood from the patient's finger.
Black excuse is a strange disease. Some symptoms vary depending on the patient's location (Kenya or Sudan).
The detection method and treatment effectiveness also vary.
In India, for example, patients need to be given intravenous liposomal amphotericin B (a second-line drug) only once, but this will not work in Africa.
Without medical research, we can't tell the difference.
Why are children more susceptible to black pain?
Because children are less immune to infection. Not everyone who encounters black excuses will get the disease.
In addition, patients treated for kala-azar fever are vaccinated. Of course, AIDS patients are also more likely to be infected, as their immune systems are already very fragile.
How to eradicate this disease?
As a medical organization, MSF will do its best to treat most patients.
In 2010, we tested 7,000 people and provided treatment for 1,200 people.
The cure rate is up to 96%. Once the patient recovers, the immunity increases. This is the best way to reduce the risk of infection.
To eradicate black azar, people's living environment needs to be improved. Whether in Sudan or elsewhere, the poorest people are the ones most affected by black fever.
People who are weakened by malnutrition also become infected.
A house with a dry mud wall is an ideal habitat for sand bees, but as long as plastic canvas is added to the house, the problem can be solved.
But local communities often fail to meet the costs involved.
Residents also questioned the role of mosquito nets in preventing black lice.
Like other parasitic diseases, MSF encourages people to protect themselves by covering their skin.
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