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 ...
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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 ...
Guinea has wiped out sleeping sickness – will the rest of Africa follow?
Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...
Sleeping sickness eliminated as public health problem in Guinea
Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment, has been eliminated as a public health ...
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Guinea Successfully Eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis AKA Sleeping Sickness: WHO Report
Guinea, a country in West Africa has successfully eradicated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) ...
WHO congratulates Guinea on eliminating human sleeping sickness
General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has extended his congratulations to Guinea for successfully eliminating human African ...
New cures for Africa’s most gruesome diseases
But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...
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WHO Chief Congratulates Guinea For Eliminating Human Sleeping Sickness
but also a beacon of hope for nations still battling neglected tropical diseases," he added. What is sleeping sickness? In human African trypanosomiasis, parasites are passed to humans through the ...
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Guinea Eliminates Sleeping Sickness as Public Health Threat
The World Health Organization has congratulated Guinea for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness - a ...