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‘The tsetse fly is attracted to the color blue’: How Guinea has managed to eliminate sleeping sickness as a public health problem
A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...
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Hope rises as Guinea eliminates its first neglected tropical disease
The country’s elimination of human African trypanosomiasis brings the total to 55 countries that have eliminated at least one ...
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WHO Delivers Safer Treatment for African Sleeping Sickness
In a major breakthrough for rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT) treatment, in August 2024 WHO recommended fexinidazole to replace ...
WHO has a 2030 deadline to eradicate sleeping sickness but is the world actually getting rid of it?
Civil unrest in key endemic regions, such as the Central African Republic and southwestern Cameroon, has hindered disease ...