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The International Scientific Council for Trypanosomosis Research and Control holds it’s 34th Conference to review and recommend control approaches for sleeping sickness and Nagana Livingstone - Zambia 11th September 2017

dc.contributor.authorAU-IBAR
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-17T12:39:35Z
dc.date.available2022-02-17T12:39:35Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-11
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/1192
dc.descriptionThe threat that tsetse and trypanosomiasis (T&T) pose was recognized at the turn of the 20th century by the African Heads of State and Governments when, at their meeting in Lome in 2000, drew attention to the seriousness of the T&T problem as one of Africa’s greatest constraints to socio-economic development, that severely affects human and livestock health, limits land use, cause poverty and perpetuates underdevelopment on the continent.en
dc.description.abstractTo address sleeping sickness, Nagana (trypanosomiasis in cattle) and the vector that transmits the diseases, stakeholders comprising disease control workers and scientists from AU Members States, researchers and scientists from universities in Africa and other parts of the world and other organisation working on the disease in human and animals and the tsetse fly are meeting in Livingstone - Zambia to promote information sharing on the problem of tsetse, human and animal trypanosomiasis, review control strategies and recommend appropriate approaches in research and control.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAU-IBARen
dc.subjectISCTRCen
dc.subjectPan African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC)
dc.titleThe International Scientific Council for Trypanosomosis Research and Control holds it’s 34th Conference to review and recommend control approaches for sleeping sickness and Nagana Livingstone - Zambia 11th September 2017en
dc.title.alternativeThe International Scientific Council for Trypanosomosis Research and Control holds it’s 34th Conference to review and recommend control approaches for sleeping sickness and Nagana Livingstone - Zambia 11th September 2017en
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