Continental maps

Continental atlas of tsetse flies and animal trypanosomosis in Africa

The continental atlas of tsetse flies and animal trypanosomosis in Africa is based on data extracted and systematically mapped from scientific papers published between 1990 and 2020. To date, only results for the tsetse distribution component have been published, while the results of the animal trypanosomosis and tsetse infection components will be the subject of future publications. Future updates of the atlas are envisaged.

Continental maps of tsetse flies are provided at the genus, subgenus, species and subspecies level. Links to the raw datasets underpinning maps at the genus and species levels are available for download from within the source atlas publication and from the FAO Agro-informatics platform.

National maps

National maps of tsetse flies are provided at the genus and species level for 34 countries in Africa for which reports of tsetse infestation were published in the scientific literature in the period 1990–2020.

Angola
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Benin
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Botswana
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Burkina Faso
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Cameroon
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Central African Republic
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Chad
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Congo
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Côte d’Ivoire
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Equatorial Guinea
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Eswatini
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Ethiopia
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Gabon
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

The Gambia
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Ghana
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Guinea
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Kenya
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Malawi
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Mali
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Mozambique
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Namibia
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Niger
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Nigeria
Genus level (Glossina)| Species level

Rwanda
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Senegal
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

South Africa
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

South Sudan
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Sudan
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Togo
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Uganda
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

United Republic of Tanzania
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Zambia
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Zimbabwe
Genus level (Glossina) | Species level

Sleeping sickness

The Atlas of human African trypanosomosis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) is an initiative of WHO, jointly implemented with FAO in the framework of PAAT.
In the Atlas of HAT all cases reported from endemic and non-endemic countries from the year 2000 onwards are mapped at the village level and are included in a geo-spatial database. Results of active screening activities are also included.

Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT) FAO

National atlases

FAO provides methodological guidance, training, technical assistance and funding to develop national-level information systems, or atlases, on the occurrence of animal trypanosomosis and its insect vectors, the tsetse flies. These systems enable endemic countries in Africa to reduce disease burden by better planning, implementation and monitoring of control activities.