Chad has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, a fly-borne tropical disease also known as sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization recently announced. The elimination marks a milestone for ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the German pharmaceutical company, Bayer AG, have renewed a longstanding collaboration to support endemic ...

From Sept 29 to Oct 3, 2025, the 16th annual Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) conference was held in Kampala, ...

Ghana is making significant strides in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with several long-dreaded ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem. This form of human African trypanosomiasis, the ...

A herdsman sprays cattle with insecticide to prevent tsetse fly infestation during the Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council visit to tsetse fly-prone areas in Kina, Isiolo county.

The African Union (AU) and Kenya have urged African countries to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the management of trypanosomiasis. Dr. Huyam Salih, Director of the African Union InterAfrican ...