African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and ...

A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...

But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis ...

Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment, has been eliminated as a public health ...

What is sleeping sickness? The Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, is a potentially fatal disease caused by parasites called Trypanosoma. These parasites are transmitted to humans ...

Guinea has officially joined Ghana, Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, and Chad in eliminating human ...

Across Africa, the disease had largely been controlled by the 1960s, with fewer than 5,000 cases each year. But a decade later sleeping sickness came roaring back, exploiting relaxed surveillance ...

( MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) World health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday congratulated Guinea for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis or ...

Guinea has eliminated the Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness -- a neglected tropical disease, as a ...