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Programs and information to assist in the planning and implementation of tsetse control operations

Use of Tiny Targets to control tsetse flies in Gambian HAT foci: standard operating procedures

Utilisation des “Mini écrans” pour lutter contre les glossines dans les foyers de maladie du sommeil à T. gambiense : Manuel de

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Programs and information to assist in the planning and implementation of tsetse control operations

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Professor Clement Mangwiro

Professor David Hall

Dr Claude Laveissière

Professor John Morton

Birgit van Munster

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Latest news

Recent study: Quantifying geographic accessibility to improve efficiency of entomological monitoring

05 Oct 2020

LSTM's Joshua Longbottom recently published a paper describing a new method using measure of travel time to identify the most efficient locations for sampling tsetse flies.

Demonstrating the sustainability of capacity strengthening during a pandemic

01 Oct 2020

LSTM’s Dr Iñaki Tirados and Dr Pierre Abomo report on the positive impact of capacity strengthening work in the DRC which has enabled tsetse control activities to continue during the covid-19 pandemic.

Recent study: Gambian human African trypanosomiasis in North West Uganda. Are we on course for the 2020 target?

14 Aug 2020

Dr Richard Selby's latest publication examines the prevalence of Gambian sleeping sickness in North West Uganda and asks whether the country is on course for elimination.

Latest study: Climate change and African trypanosomiasis vector populations in Zimbabwe's Zambezi Valley

23 Oct 2018

LSTM’s Dr Jennifer Lord is first author on a paper looking at the impact of climate change on the vectors of sleeping sickness in Africa.

Trypa-No! Partnership will accelerate elimination of sleeping sickness in Africa

09 May 2018

The Ugandan minister for Primary Health Care, the minister for Animal Husbandry and the minister for Northern Uganda, visiting the LSTM exhibition during the Tsetse Awareness day.

LSTM recognised for control of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) in Uganda

19 Oct 2016

The north-western parts of Uganda has seen a dramatic decrease in cases of HAT, or sleeping sickness; from a reported 100 cases in 2010, to only four cases in 2016.

LSTM project Tiny Targets highlighted as a success in an open letter from the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

27 May 2016

LSTM part of a partnership looking at new models to fight sleeping sickness in DRC

23 Sep 2015

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