“The elimination of sleeping sickness is the result of many years of effort by the Guinean government, its partners and communities in the overall context of the national policy to combat all ...

The National Program for the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases has launched a blood testing campaign to detect Human ...

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.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has congratulated Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...

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

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

Guinea has eliminated the Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness -- a neglected tropical disease, as a public health problem.Human African trypanosomiasis is a vector-borne parasitic ...

African countries should intensify efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and unlock the productivity and ...

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

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