Dr Wilfriend Mutombo used to be the only doctor in a village of 11,000 ridden with sleeping sickness infections. He would ...
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 ...
The World Health Organization has congratulated Guinea for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness - a neglected tropical disease. This is the first neglected tropical disease ...
Sleeping sickness, or Human African trypanosomiasis, has been eliminated as a public health problem in Guinea, with cases falling below one per 10,000 inhabitants in endemic areas.
Conakry: Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment, has been eliminated as a public health problem in Guinea, the French Research Institute for Development ...
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News Medical on MSNNanotechnology offers new hope for treating Neglected Tropical DiseasesNeglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) remain a significant health burden in tropical and subtropical regions, with limited ...
2025 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.
Our study thus confirmed what was found in people of African descent in the US: the genetic origin underpinning the excess ...
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