Experiences of the one-health approach by the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and its secretariat in the control of zoonotic sleeping sickness in Uganda
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DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00185
Abstract: Elimination of sleeping sickness from endemic countries like Uganda is key if the affected communities are to exploit the potential of the available human and livestock resources (production and productivity). Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the parasite… read more here.
Keywords: trypanosomiasis; zoonotic sleeping; control; one health ... See more keywords
Identifying regions for enhanced control of gambiense sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29192-w
Abstract: Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness, gHAT) is a disease targeted for elimination of transmission by 2030. While annual new cases are at a historical minimum, the likelihood of achieving the target is unknown. We… read more here.
Keywords: gambiense; health zones; sleeping sickness; democratic republic ... See more keywords
Novel lead compounds in pre-clinical development against African sleeping sickness.
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DOI: 10.1039/c7md00280g
Abstract: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as African sleeping sickness, is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma. As the disease progresses, the parasites cross the blood brain barrier and are lethal for the… read more here.
Keywords: novel lead; development; african sleeping; sleeping sickness ... See more keywords
Wilful Blindness: Sleeping Sickness and Onchocerciasis in Colonial Northern Ghana, 1909–1957
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DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkab119
Abstract: Summary As a contribution to the existing literature on deliberate or unintended neglect, concealment and ignorance regarding significant and enduring public health problems—produced by economic marginality, lack of political power and institutional failures affecting specific… read more here.
Keywords: colonial northern; 1909 1957; sleeping sickness; onchocerciasis colonial ... See more keywords
GP54 Sleeping sickness: congenital case associated with a possible sexual transmission
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-epa.120
Abstract: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is caused by protozoan parasites transmitted by the bite of a tsetse fly. It is characterized by an early stage, during which trypanosomes circulate in the… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis; transmission; case; mother ... See more keywords
Including refugees in disease elimination: challenges observed from a sleeping sickness programme in Uganda
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DOI: 10.1186/s13031-017-0125-x
Abstract: BackgroundEnsuring equity between forcibly-displaced and host area populations is a key challenge for global elimination programmes. We studied Uganda’s response to the recent refugee influx from South Sudan to identify key governance and operational lessons… read more here.
Keywords: sickness programme; elimination; surveillance; sleeping sickness ... See more keywords
Resolving the apparent transmission paradox of African sleeping sickness
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000105
Abstract: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or African sleeping sickness, is a fatal disease found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is close to elimination in many areas, although it was similarly close to elimination once before and… read more here.
Keywords: transmission paradox; transmission; african sleeping; apparent transmission ... See more keywords
Prescription of concomitant medications in patients treated with Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T.b. gambiense second stage sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008028
Abstract: Background Nifurtimox eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly called sleeping sickness, was added to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Essential Medicines List in 2009 and to the Paediatric List in… read more here.
Keywords: democratic republic; eflornithine combination; therapy nect; nifurtimox eflornithine ... See more keywords