Alternative screening and case finding methodology for HAT and introduction support for new diagnostic tools Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease that causes immense suffering in Subsaharan-Africa. After a major epidemic during the 1990s, HAT is now again on the decrease in most affected areas. The disease was recently targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for elimination by 2020 and interruption of transmission by 2030. Until HAT transmission has been eliminated, there will be a need for active ...