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

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

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

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

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

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

But eight years after Mr Onivogui’s diagnosis. Guinea has hit a major milestone: sleeping sickness rates have dropped so low that the disease is no longer considered a health threat (there is ...

General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has extended his congratulations to Guinea for successfully eliminating human African ...

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