Author: Albane Fauron, Farikou Omarou, Richard Selby, Hannah Holt, Grant Napier and Javier Guitian
Year: 2016
About this Publication:
This is one of five country specific sub-Saharan African studies (conducted in Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zambia) aimed at generating baseline information that could inform the integration of novel treatments, diagnostics and vaccines (should they become available) into control programs for AAT. A previous systematic review of recent and on-going Trypanosome & Tsetse control programs has been the basis for the geographic focus of the five ecopathological studies. This report summarizes the results of the study which was carried out in two regions in Northern Cameroon. The Adamawa region is the most important cattle rearing region in Cameroon and is heavily affected by AAT despite a number of control initiatives run by the Government since the 1960s. The North region is less dependent on livestock production, although cattle are important for draught power. There was little previous data available about AAT in this area. The study results will inform the refinement of existing decision support tools to aid evidence-based decisions on the use of novel drugs, diagnostics and vaccines (should they become available) as part of integrated trypanosome & tsetse control programs.
Grant: Tryps2
Subject Areas: Research and Development
Diseases: Trypanosomosis
Keywords:
Animal African Trypanosomosis, Animal African trypanosomiasis, Cattle, Sub-Saharan Africa, Trypanosomosis, Tryps, Tsetse, Vulnerability assessment
Countries:
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic Of, Congo, Republic Of, Cote D'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, United Republic Of, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
