Proceedings of the 30th biennial conference of the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and control (ISCTRC), Publication No. 125, Kampala Uganda 2009

Abstract

The 30th ISCTRC Meeting was held at the Speke Commonwealth Resort in Kampala, Uganda between the 21st and 25th of September 2009. The meeting coincided with the 60th anniversary of the ISCTRC. The theme for the meeting was “Towards consolidating strategies to manage trypanosomiasis in Africa”.

The conference was attended by 312 participants from 36 tsetse infested countries and 12 international organisations. Presentations focused on the following thematic areas: The Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Campaign (PATTEC), Human African Trypanosomiasis, Animal African Trypanosomiasis, Biology and Control, Socio-Economics, Environment and Land Use. Key note papers were presented under each of the thematic areas. A total of ninety seven (97) scientific presentations were made. Seventy one (71) papers were presented in plenary while twenty six (26) were presented as posters. Twenty (20) African countries presented their reports on progress of T&T activities since the last meeting held in Luanda, Angola in the year 2007.