Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...

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

In a major breakthrough for rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT) treatment, in August 2024 WHO recommended fexinidazole to replace ...

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

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

Guinea, a country in West Africa has successfully eradicated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) ...

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

The World Health Organization has congratulated Guinea for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness - a ...

International: The disease, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is spread by infected tsetse flies and is ...

BRENT STIRTON After carrying out painful lumbar punctures – a spinal tap was then the only means of diagnosis – doctors found the group were suffering from sleeping sickness, or human African ...

CONAKRY, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Guinea has eliminated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, as a public health problem, according to the World ...