The development of PAAT Information System (PAAT-IS) has been driven by the need for decision support at international, continental, regional and national level to guide strategic decisions on tsetse and trypanosomiasis control in sub-Saharan Africa.

PAAT-IS is made up of several components: this Web site, the Geographical Information System (GIS), the Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Information (TTI) Bulletin, the Technical and Scientific Series, the PAAT – Link and the Knowledge Base and Resource Inventory.

The Geographical Information System (GIS) provides the capability for storage, display and analysis of layers of spatial data. The TTI, also available in digital format from this website, is a half-yearly periodical collating a wide range of paper abstracts, meeting reports and other publications which deal with subjects pertinent to T&T research, control, policy issues and strategies for intervention. The Technical and Scientific Series is a monographic publication which provides in depth information and analysis on specific issues related to the problem of T&T, its management and intervention strategies. The PAAT-L is an electronic mailing list for sharing and disseminating information among the PAAT-L subscribers. Request to subscribe to PAAT-L or information that you would like to share can be sent to Raffaele Mattioli, FAO, at the following e-mail address: Raffaele.Mattioli@fao.org.

The “Resource Inventory” contains country level tsetse and trypanosomiasis information. It consists of a database that stores the most recent available information at national level officially provided to FAO by the FAO Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Liaison Officers. The reporting period of the “Resource Inventory” is 1997-1998. The “Knowledge Base” allows the user to query an extensive database of accepted literature. The source of data for the “Knowledge Base” is the Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Information (TTI) Bulletin, and its last update dates back to 2001.