Climate change and conflict drive leishmaniasis in Pakistan
- 20-Jan-2025
Shabnam Bibi sits silently waiting for medical assistance. She is queuing in a crowded health facility in Landi Kotal, a city in the Khyber tribal district of northern Pakistan. Her face a canvas of despair, the 19-year-old mother of three reluctantly reveals a large lesion. It marks her left cheek and is spreading towards her […]
One new drug for three deadly tropical diseases
- 08-Aug-2016
PARIS: Scientists unveiled findings Monday that could lead to a single treatment for a trio of deadly maladies found mostly in the world's poorest countries.