Civil unrest in key endemic regions, such as the Central African Republic and southwestern Cameroon, has hindered disease ...

Guinea has officially joined Ghana, Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, and Chad in eliminating human African trypanosomiasis as a public health issue. This achievement was ...

The National Program for the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases has launched a blood testing campaign to detect Human ...

Conakry: Sleeping sickness ... The disease, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is spread by infected tsetse flies and is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The Trypanosoma parasite ...

By Sharon Atieno Guinea has eeliminated the human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem.It has managed to control the gambiense form of the disease to below the ...

Sarah Benn loses suspension appeal The retired GP and climate activist Sarah Benn lost her High Court appeal against a misconduct finding and suspension by a medical practitioners’ tribunal over her ...

Dr Joseph Larbi Opare, has advised Ghanaians to seek immediate medical care whenever they experience any skin condition ...

Ahead of the celebration of the World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (NTD) on January 30, the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has directed ...

This makes it the fifth country in the world and the first country in the African continent to be acknowledged for 'interrupting' the transmission of the parasite. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ...