Kidney disease, leading to kidney failure, afflicts disproportionately more black people than white people. Thus, there is a ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

The country’s elimination of human African trypanosomiasis brings the total to 55 countries that have eliminated at least one ...

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

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

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

Guinea Successfully Eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis AKA Sleeping Sickness: WHO Report WHO Ramps Up Surveillance To Tackle Marburg Outbreak In Tanzania, Kenya On High Alert Amid Rise In Deaths ...

The National Program for the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases has launched a blood testing campaign to detect Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly known as sleeping sickness. Camera: ...

Guinea has eliminated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis commonly known as sleeping sickness as a public health problem according ...

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

Guinea celebrates today the elimination of sleeping sickness (also known as human African trypanosomiasis or HAT) as a public health problem.

A recent report from the World Health Organisation confirmed that Guinea, a country in West Africa has successfully eradicated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) disease ...