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 ...

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

Without treatment, it is usually fatal. But eight years after Mr Onivogui’s diagnosis. Guinea has hit a major milestone: sleeping sickness rates ... time the small west African nation has ...

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

Conakry: Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment ... The disease, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is spread by infected tsetse flies ...

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic ... Advances in diagnostic techniques, treatment delivery, and consistent financial and technical backing ...

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday congratulated Guinea for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness -- a neglected tropical ...

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 ...