CONAKRY, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Guinea has eliminated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, as a public health problem, according to the World Health ...
Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...
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Sleeping sickness, also known as African trypanosomiasis, is a parasitic disease that can be fatal if left untreated.It's caused by the bite of an infected tsetse fly, which is found in sub-Saharan ...
Guinea, a country in West Africa has successfully eradicated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis ...
( MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) World health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday ...
Natives of sub-Saharan Africa, tsetse flies can transmit the microbe Trypanosoma when they take a blood meal. That’s the protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness in ...
Known as 'sleeping sickness', or African trypanosomiasis, it causes difficulties sleeping at night. Early symptoms include fever, weakness, and itching. While often mild at first, the infection ...
International: The disease, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is spread by infected tsetse flies and is ...
The World Health Organization has congratulated Guinea for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness - a ...
General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has extended his congratulations to Guinea for successfully eliminating human African ...