Events
Mainstreaming of the progressive control pathway into regional and national strategies and policies against animal trypanosomosis in Africa
24 March 2025 - 26 March 2025
24 March 2025 - 26 March 2025
Mombasa, Kenya
Workshops
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) is a five-year project funded by the European Commission (EC) in the framework of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation...
Advancing the guidelines for the progressive control pathway for animal trypanosomosis
04 June 2024 - 06 June 2024
04 June 2024 - 06 June 2024
Rome, Italy

Workshops
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. The progressive control pathway (PCP) for African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is a stepwise, evidence-based approach designed to reduce and, where...
Creating awareness and improving the understanding of the progressive control pathway for animal trypanosomosis among Africa-based institutions participating in the project COMBAT
22 September 2022 - 23 September 2022
22 September 2022 - 23 September 2022
Montpellier (France)

Workshops
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 of sleeping sickness, progress in the control of animal trypanosomosis (AT) has been much more limited. To help face these...
ad-hoc Meeting on the Progressive Control Pathway for African animal trypanosomosis
11 December 2017 - 13 December 2017
11 December 2017 - 13 December 2017
Rome, Italy

Workshops
A meeting will be organized by FAO (Programme Against African Trypanosomosis, PAAT). Over twenty (20) participants are expected to attend the meeting, including all key PAAT stakeholders and partners, i.e. the World Health Organization (WHO), International Atomic Energy Agency, the African Union, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), selected AAT...
Development of a national Atlas of tsetse and African animal trypanosomosis in Kenya
30 November 2017 - 02 December 2017
30 November 2017 - 02 December 2017
Nairobi, Kenya

Workshops
A workshop will be organized by FAO and the Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council. Approximately twenty-five (25) participants are expected to attend it from various institutions (i.e. Directorate of Veterinary Services; International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology; International Livestock Research Institute; Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization; Kenya Wildlife Services; Kenyatta...