Author: Hannah Holt, Chisoni Mumba, Morgane Salines, Richard Selby, Grant Napier and Javier Guitian
Year: 2016
About this Publication:
This is one of five country specific sub-Saharan African studies (conducted in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zambia) aimed at generating baseline information that could inform the integration of novel treatments, diagnostics and vaccines should they become available. A previous systematic review of recent and on-going Trypanosome & Tsetse control programs has been the basis for the geographic focus of the five studies. This report summarizes the results of the study which was carried out in Zambia (Eastern Province). Trypanosomosis is considered endemic in the Eastern Province of Zambia and there have been reports of human ‘sleeping sickness’. There is also some evidence that resistance to existing trypanocides is developing [4]. Two districts, Lundazi and Mambwe were divided into three study areas; semi-valley (Lundazi District), plateau (Lundazi District) and valley (Mambwe District) on the basis of environment (including ecoregion). 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 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
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
