According to the World Health Organization ... African sleeping sickness cases dropped below 2,000 for the first time. It dropped under 1,000 in 2018 and remained below that number as of 2022.

African Sleeping Sickness, also known as Human African Trypanosomiasis, is a tropical disease that evolves through distinct clinical stages. It ultimately results in meningoencephalitis, coma, and ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

Global healthcare providers have succeeded in recent years in fighting the spread of African sleeping sickness. The number of worldwide cases dropped from more than 30,000 in 1998 to around 700 in ...

Scientists from different parts of the world figured out the genetic code of the bloodsucking tsetse fly which spreads fatal African sleeping sickness, hoping to learn more about its biological ...

According to the latest figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO), African Sleeping sickness threatens over 60 million people in 36 countries of sub-Saharan Africa.

African sleeping sickness could be eliminated say tropical disease experts. ... World Health Organization Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases Geneva, 1211 Switzerland ...

Australian scientists have developed a blood test for African sleeping sickness that does not require the fancy equipment found in upscale medical labs. Even better, they made the details of their ...

African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) is a parasitic disease spread by the bite of an infected tsetse fly. According to the World Health Organization, the disease is found in ...

African sleeping sickness is one of the World Health Organization's 17 neglected tropical diseases. It is found only in sub-Sahara Africa and infects between 10,000 and 30,000 people annually.

Togo has become the first African country to eradicate sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The West African country received the validation from the WHO after it ...