LSTM team attend WHO stakeholders meeting on HAT elimination 08 Ago 2023 The LSTM tsetse team attended the 5th WHO stakeholders meeting on HAT elimination, during the meeting Dr Iñaki Tirados and Dr Karina Mondragon-Shem presented on LSTM's work to control tsetse vectors of Gambian and Rhodesian HAT.
Recent study: Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense 21 Nov 2020 LSTM’s Dr Lucas Cunningham recently published the results from his study looking for sleeping sickness parasites in livestock and tsetse flies in Uganda.
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 Ago 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.
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 Mayo 2016
