Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...

International: The disease, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is spread by infected tsetse flies and is ...

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, 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 ...

In the most remote places in the world, people are daily battling diseases that many people may never have heard of. Called neglected tropical diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially ...

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Moving on to the common cold, caused by the rhinovirus, the UKHSA explains that symptoms develop gradually over a few days.

Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola following the death of a nurse from the virus in the capital Kampala.

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has congratulated Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...