Mainstreaming of the progressive control pathway into regional and national strategies and policies against animal trypanosomosis in Africa

24/03/2025 - 26/03/2025

IntroductionAnimal trypanosomosis (AT) continues to be a major constraint to animal health and food security in most African countries. “Controlling and progressively Minimizing the Burden of Animal Trypanosomosis” (COMBAT www.combat-project.eu)...

Advancing the guidelines for the progressive control pathway for animal trypanosomosis

04/06/2024 - 06/06/2024

Background Trypanosomosis, a parasitic disease transmitted by tsetse flies and other vectors, is a major hurdle along the way towards food security, poverty reduction and health in most countries  in Africa....

Creating awareness and improving the understanding of the progressive control pathway for animal trypanosomosis among Africa-based institutions participating in the project COMBAT

22/09/2022 - 23/09/2022

Great efforts have been made over several decades to control African trypanosomosis and its vectors. However, whilst over the past twenty years great advances have been made towards the elimination...

36th General Conference of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (ISCTRC)

18/09/2023 - 22/09/2023

35th General Conference of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (ISCTRC)

23/09/2019 - 27/09/2019

The International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (ISCTRC) is a statutory Council of the African Union Commission with the Secretariat at African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal resources...

2nd Year Progress Meeting - COMBAT Project

10/10/2023 - 12/10/2023

COMBAT ('Controlling and progressively Minimizing the Burden of Animal Trypanosomosis') is a four-year project funded by the European Commission (EC) in the framework of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation...

Symposium on African Livestock Trypanosomosis, Tanzania (SALT-Tz) - Towards improving sustainable control of animal trypanosomiasis

14/02/2023 - 16/02/2023

African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is a major constraint on livestock health in sub-Saharan Africa. With no vaccine, trypanocidal drugs are the mainstay of control. Recently there have been step change...

Indicators of vector control coverage in the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)

14/12/2022 - 15/12/2022

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne disease transmitted by tsetse flies. The gambiense form of HAT (gHAT) is found in western and central Africa,...

Developing national atlases of African animal trypanosomosis

07/04/2021 - 19/05/2021

The course is designed to build data management capacities and to promote the development of national-level, spatially-explicit information systems on tsetse and African animal trypanosomosis (AAT). It has been developed...

FAO/IAEA supporting Zimbabwe in developing a national atlas for tsetse and animal trypanosomosis

17/09/2018 - 21/09/2018

An expert mission to Harare will be carried out to assist the Tsetse Control Unit in Zimbabwe in developing a national atlas for tsetse and animal trypanosomosis. The mission is...

Utilization of the Atlas of human African trypanosomosis

11/06/2018 - 14/06/2018

WHO and FAO are jointly planning a training workshop on the utilisation of the Atlas of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), to be held from 11 to 14 June 2018 in...