KALA AZAR – Save One Life with One Dollar
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“ India is not a country of the Hindus only. It is a country of the Muslims, the Christians and the Parsees too. The country can gain strength and develop itself only when the people of the different communities in India live in mutual goodwill and harmony .It is my earnest hope and prayer that this centre of life and light which is coming into existence, will produce students who will not only be intellectually equal to the best of their fellow students in other parts of the world, but will also live a noble life, love their country and be loyal to the Supreme ruler. ~ Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya“ ( > Information Maha Mana Pandit Folder < ) .
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of certain species of sand fly (subfamily Phlebotominae). Although the majority of the literature mentions only one genus transmitting Leishmania to humans (Lutzomyia) in the Americas, a 2003 study by Galati suggested a new classification for the New World sand flies, elevating several subgenera to the genus level. Elsewhere in the world, the genus Phlebotomus is considered the vector of leishmaniasis. Read More: > HERE <
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus. It is the second-largest parasitic killer in the world (after malaria), responsible for an estimated 500,000 cases each year worldwide. Read More: > HERE <
Largely unknown in the developed world, leishmaniasis is a tropical, parasitic disease caused by one of over 20 varieties of Leishmania and transmitted by bites from certain types of sandflies. The most severe form, visceral leishmaniasis, is also known as kala azar, Hindi for black fever. Over 90 per cent of cases occur in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nepal and Sudan. Without treatment, this form of leishmaniasis is fatal in almost 100 per cent of cases.
Kala azar attacks the immune system, causing fever, weight loss, anaemia and an enlarged spleen. There are considerable problems with existing diagnostic tests, which are either invasive or potentially dangerous and require lab facilities and specialists not readily available in resource-poor settings. Treatment requires painful, daily injections of drugs for 30 days.
The drug most widely used to treat kala azar, sodium stibogluconate (SSG) was developed in the 1930s, is relatively expensive and causes a toxic reaction in some patients.
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KALA AZAR & AIDS MULTIPLY….. Co-infection of leishmaniasis and HIV is emerging as a growing threat, as both diseases attack and weaken the immune system. Infection with one of these diseases makes a person less resistant to the other and treatment becomes less effective. MSF through its Access to Essential Medicines campaign is urging for more research into suitable diagnostic techniques and affordable drugs to treat this neglected disease. Leishmaniasis (kala azar): > International Activity Report, 2007 <
Bericht zu meiner Perureise, Freundeskreises Peru Amazonico e.V. war dessen Gründungsmitglied Eugen Bruder (ehemaliger DED-Entwicklungshelfer in Peru) im Februar in Peru und besuchte die Projekte. Näheres auch im Internet unter www.peru-amazonico.de
Glucantime/Leishmaniose – Seit etwa 10 Jahren liefern wir das Medikament Glucantime gegen die tropische Krankheit Leishmaniose nach Peru. Damals waren wir von einer befreundeten Peruanerin aus Huanuco (östliches Andengebiet, Richtung Urwald) gebeten worden, dieses Medikament zu besorgen, da es in Peru knapp und teuer sei. Leishmaniose, in Afrika und Asien in seiner viszeralen (= innerkörperlichen) Form als „Kala Azar“ (= schwarzer Tod) bekannt, tritt in Mittel- und Südamerika als Erkrankung der Haut und Schleimhäute auf (kutane und mukokutane Form). Gefährlich ist vor allem die mukokutane Form, da dort die Schleimhäute von Nase, Mund und Rachen befallen werden und grässliche Verstümmelungen zur Folge haben können, weshalb die krankheit auch weiße Lepra ( „the white leprosis“ ) genannt wird.
Kala Azar: „A Disease of the Poorest of the Poor“
Drugs against Kala Azar costs in developed countries only 1 dollar, in third lands 10 dollars ( people their earn this in one month or year or none) , so found the Peru Rainforest Friends a efficient and cheap legal Drug Air Port Delievery Help to keep the friends in Peru healthy: – Wir haben eine sehr günstige und effektive Form des Medikamententransports nach Peru gefunden: Reisende, die nach ein paar Kilo „Luft“ im Gepäck haben, nehmen es freundlicherweise mit nach Peru. Ich hatte über 20 kg Glucantime dabei. Die 1.900 Ampullen gingen ohne Probleme durch den Zoll (ich hatte „grün“ an der Ampel). In Cusco wartete man dringend auf das Glucantime.
Ich hatte 1.400 Ampullen mitgenommen (die restlichen 500 Ampullen gingen nach Huanuco). Gerade als ich das Glucantime im Hospital Antonio Lorena übergeben hatte, kam ein 24-jähriger Mann mit einer offenen Wunde an jedem Arm. Bei ihm war gerade Leishmaniose diagnostiziert worden. Er kam aus dem Distrikt Acomayo und war ein paar Monate als Holzfäller (Wood Logger) im Urwaldgebiet Puerto Maldonado, wo er durch einen Mückenstich infiziert worden war. Zu Hause hat er einen kleinen Bauernhof, aber da das Geld nicht reicht, macht er diesen Holzfällerjob. Während früher die meisten Leishmaniosekranken sich als Goldwäscher infiziert hatten, sind es jetzt zunehmend Holzfäller (Wood Logger) . Die meisten können sich das Medikament nicht leisten. Eine Ampulle kostet in der Apotheke etwa 10 Dollar (während wir es hier für 1 Dollar kaufen – hier sieht man die menschenverachtende Preispolitik der Pharmamultis). Quelle: www.peru-amazonico.de
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