{"id":8848,"date":"2026-04-21T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/report-of-the-who-stakeholders-update-webinar-on-human-african-trypanosomiasis-geneva-switzerland-5-june-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:06:04","slug":"report-of-the-who-stakeholders-update-webinar-on-human-african-trypanosomiasis-geneva-switzerland-5-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/report-of-the-who-stakeholders-update-webinar-on-human-african-trypanosomiasis-geneva-switzerland-5-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Report of the WHO stakeholders update webinar on human African trypanosomiasis, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"dynamic-content__section dynamic-content__container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__section-container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__figure-container\">\n<figure class=\"dynamic-content__figure\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/104c24c8-418b-4d54-bbbb-97ab4ef4b94e\/content\" alt=\"Report of the WHO stakeholders update webinar on human African trypanosomiasis, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 June 2025\"><br \/>\n     <\/figure>\n<div class=\"button button-blue-background\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/ba1aa58f-73d1-419e-aa30-cdca9d1c3cd5\/content\" onclick=\"sendGaEvent('Download','https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/ba1aa58f-73d1-419e-aa30-cdca9d1c3cd5\/content')\">Download <span>(4 MB)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description-container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description\">\n<h3>Overview <\/h3>\n<p>WHO convened stakeholders involved in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) for an update webinar covering the past two years. Previous stakeholder meetings had been held in person; however, this year the webinar format was adopted due to budgetary constraints.\n<\/p>\n<p>A total of at least 140 participants attended, including representatives of national sleeping sickness control programmes (NSSCPs), research groups developing new tools, international and nongovernmental organizations involved in disease control, and donors.\n<\/p>\n<p>As countries presented their epidemiological and programmatic situations, and WHO summarized the global status of HAT, the central message was one of satisfaction with the remarkable progress towards elimination. A historically low number of cases was reported, despite maintaining high levels of active and passive screening in all accessible at-risk areas. In addition, 10 countries have been officially validated for the elimination of HAT as a public health problem.\n<\/p>\n<p>Time was also devoted to reviewing progress and challenges in the areas of diagnostics, therapeutics and vector control interventions.\n<\/p>\n<p>These discussions and findings are summarized in this report.<\/p>\n<div id=\"dynamic-content__accordion\" class=\"dynamic-content__accordion\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__details\">\n<div class=\"detail who-team\">\n<div class=\"label\">WHO Team<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n                 <span><br \/>\n                             <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases\/overview\">Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)<\/a>,                  <\/span><br \/>\n                 <span><br \/>\nMalaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNT)                 <\/span>\n         <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Editors<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">World Health Organization<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Number of pages<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">60<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Reference numbers<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n<div><strong class=\"label-sm\">WHO Reference Number: <\/strong><span>B09628<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Copyright<\/div>\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"creativecommons-icons-wrappers\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/igo\/deed.en\" rel=\"license\" title=\"Click here to see the details of CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/cc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/by.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/nc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/sa.svg\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n        <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/B09628?rand=6398\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download (4 MB) Overview WHO convened stakeholders involved in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) for an update webinar covering the past two years. 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