Tackling Sleeping Sickness in the Central African Republic

February 21, 2012

In November 2011, MSF staff in the Central African Republic held a sleeping sickness screening near Maitikoulou, in the northwest region of the country. Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a neglected infectious disease that is often fatal, affecting humans and animals in tropical areas of Africa.

 

 

Tags: Sleeping Sickness, Neglected Diseases, Central African Republic

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