Pakistan: MSF calls for sustainable access to treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis on World NTDs Day
January 30, 2026Islamabad, Pakistan: On World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling on the government, donors, and international partners to urgently strengthen funding, procurement, and supply systems to ensure uninterrupted and sustainable...
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The stigma of survival: Niamat Ulla’s journey through cutaneous leishmaniasis and beyond
January 30, 2024Niamat Ulla, 39, is originally from Chaman, a mountainous area in Balochistan bordering Afghanistan. Eight years ago, after violence broke out in his hometown, he was forced to leave and move to Quetta together with his wife, three sons, and...
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A journey to healing: Muhammad Usman’s battle with cutaneous leishmaniasis
January 30, 2024Muhammad Usman, 27, is from Lahore, a city that does not normally have high rates of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). However, after travelling to Multan in July 2023, where leishmaniasis (CL) is more common, nodules started appearing on his face. Usman...
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Skin disfiguring neglected disease surging in Pakistan: Cutaneous leishmaniasis(CL)
January 29, 2024Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned by an increase in the number of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases registered at its facilities across Pakistan. Balochistan and Kyber Pakhtunkhwa are the worst affected provinces, but this treatable neglected tropical disease,...
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