«We are convinced that more research on this disease is urgently needed and we are convinced that this research will have an impact on disease control and improvement of the situation of the affected populations.» Prof. Gerd Pluschke, Switzerland
The infectious Buruli ulcer disease affects and threatens thousands of people every year. Its victims suffer from open ulcers and deformities. The disease is contracted in tropical and subtropical zones. Those affected by the disease often live in remote rural areas where medical care is not available at all or only in limited supply. Children make up 70 to 90 percent of its victims.
The Buruli ulcer occurs mainly in disadvantaged regions of the world, and as a result the suffering of patients and their families receives only limited attention in the press. This insidious disease, neglected by the world at large, continues to claim the lives of its victims.
