Trypa-NO! contributes to the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis by combining tsetse control with "screen, diagnose and treat" using innovative tools and strategies
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) is the chronic form of sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in West and Central Africa, while Trypanosoma bru- cei rhodesiense causes an acute form in eastern Africa. g-HAT is targeted for elimination as a public health problem by 2020 and 0 transmission by 2030. Control of g-HAT is largely based on identification and treatment of infected individuals, supplemented by control of the tsetse fly vectors. There has been growing evidence that when both tsetse control and case identification activities are carried out simultaneously in the same geographies, elimination of the disease is accelerated. Here, we describe how the Trypa-NO! Partnership is using novel and classical tools to drive g-HAT elimination in an integrated approach, progress made, lessons learnt, and future directions.
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | L72 - Organismes nuisibles des animaux, L73 - Maladies des animaux, S50 - Santé humaine, Trypanosoma gambiense, Trypanosoma brucei, trypanosomose africaine, contrôle de maladies, éradication des maladies, vecteur de maladie, Glossina palpalis, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_31178, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27400, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35903, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2327, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_25233, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8164, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_30558, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_165, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/597392/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/597392/1/TrypaNo%21.pdf |
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