A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

African sleeping sickness—also known as human African trypanosomiasis—is a neglected tropical disease that is usually fatal ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness ... Each of the underlying single-celled parasites - Trypanosoma brucei and its relatives - has one flagellum, a whiplike ...

AFRICAN health experts have renewed commitment to accelerate efforts to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that continue ...

The workshop focuses on integrating the Progressive Control Pathway (PCP) into regional and national strategies to combat Animal Trypanosomiasis across Africa. Animal Trypanosomiasis remains a ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic ...

It is also used to diagnose malaria and neglected diseases such as leishmaniasis, and human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Eiken developed these tests with FIND ...

Representing the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene of Togo, Dr Wotobe Kokou commended the country’s leadership in eliminating four NTDs—Guinea Worm, Lymphatic Filariasis, Human African ...

In a determined effort to alleviate the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) across the continent, African health experts convened in the Togolese capital, Lomé, issuing a strong call for ...