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 ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

Ebbo and Vera Velten have spent the better part of the past twenty years living in different African countries. Ebbo is the manager of a sleeping sickness programme. His work is fulfilling.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Ivory Coast for eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem, according to a statement on Thursday. The WHO said the West African ...

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.