Community Participation in Neglected Tropical Diseases Elimination: A case study of Human African Trypanosomiasis elimination in Democratic Republic of Congo Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Justin Pulford, Steve Torr, Epco Hasker
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a neglected tropical disease caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies. Currently, more than 80% of all cases reported globally are from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In both DRC and globally, the number of cases of HAT is at an all-time low (<2000 reported cases/year) and hence the WHO aims to eliminate HAT as a public health problem by 2020. Epidemiological models suggest that to ...