NECT: An Improved Therapy for Sleeping Sickness
624 views · Published 28 April 2010 · 6:22 · Indexed 23 October 2026
Channel: Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA · 2010 · Nonprofits & Activism
Sleeping sickness is a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. With existing medicines either cumbersome to administer or a cause of intense side effects, a new and cheaper therapy, NECT, holds great promise of benefiting thousands of vulnerable patients.
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