The situation of sleeping sickness in Angola: a calamity.
Although nearly one-fifth of the Angolan population is at risk of becoming infected with trypanosomiasis, only 6% currently have access to surveillance and treatment because of the war and its resultant destruction of the country's infrastructure. The paper outlines the history of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) control activities in Angola and sums up what measures need to be taken to re-establish them.
Stanghellini
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Ministério da Saúde, Instituto de Combate e de Controlo das Tripanossomíases, Luanda, Angola.
Josenando
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D000810:Angola / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D004199:Disease Vectors; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014370:Tsetse Flies / Q000469:parasitology; D014857:Warfare
D014344:Trypanocidal Agents