African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and ...

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

Last year scientists from the Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis ... Kenya has eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem. The agency targets 2030 when most African countries would ...

More than 300 participants from across Africa are meeting this week in Kenya, to discuss ways of tackling the African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness or Nagana. The disease is ...

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.