In 2012, researchers engaged in a project on the Fatala River in Guinea aimed at reducing tsetse fly populations, leading to a significant public health milestone. Thirteen years later, in January 2024, the WHO announced that Guinea had eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health challenge, a disease previously rampant in the region. The successful initiative has dramatically decreased cases from the early 2000s, with only 12 cases reported as of 2024. This victory not only highlights advances in tropical disease management but also underscores the importance of addressing neglected diseases.
The efforts in Boffa to target tsetse flies have led to the historic elimination of sleeping sickness as a public health problem in Guinea.
The WHO declared in January that Guinea has eliminated sleeping sickness, a disease that once posed a significant threat to rural populations.
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