EANETT: Eastern Africa Network for Trypanosomiasis

• Unité de recherche: DDC
• Numéro de projet: 7F-01126.01
• Titre du projet anglais: EANETT: Eastern Africa Network for Trypanosomiasis

Mots-clé (Allemand)

Trypanosomiasis gambiense, Trypanosomiasis rhodesiense, Glossina, Menschliche Schlafkrankheit, Prävention, Behandlung, Epidemiologie, Forschung, Netzwerk, Ausbil-dung, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Tansania, Swiss Tropical Institute Basel
Oeffentliches Gesundheitswesen,
Epidemiologie
Diagnostik
Tropenmedizin
Beziehungen
Ausland

Description succincte (Anglais)

Establish an Eastern Africa network to strengthen collaboration in research, training and control of Human African Trypanosomiasis to reduce mortality, morbidity and the risk of infection and thus contribute to reduce poverty.

Objectifs du projet (Anglais)

Identiy treatment failures and elaborate new control strategiesAssess risk of overlap of the 2 different types of TrypanosomiasisAssess risk of spread of the 2 different types of TrypanosomiasisTraining of african specialists

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

Research and control of human sleeping sickness in Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tansania. Diffusion of results, training

Mise en oeuvre et application (Anglais)

Prevention of Trypanosomisis epidemies thanks to better knowledge of transmission and spread of this letal sickness