Guinea reaches a sleeping sickness goal

Publication date: WHO described plans for a global information resource on traditional medicine.

Publication date: WHO described a workshop on improving access to quality traditional medicine services.

Publication date: WHO said representatives from 11 countries and areas in five regions took part in its workshop.

Publication date: participants considered education and training as part of safer traditional medicine service delivery.

Publication date: discussions covered policy frameworks, quality and safety alongside service delivery.

Screening and treatment helped reduce sleeping sickness in affected communities.

The WHO finding concerns the gambiense form and a public health threshold.

WHO recognized Guinea’s sustained national effort and local participation.

WHO confirmed elimination of onchocerciasis transmission in Niger.

Long-term treatment and surveillance helped stop transmission of river blindness.