Civil conflict and sleeping sickness in Africa in general and Uganda in particular

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2007

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BioMed Central, London, GB

Abstract

The incidence of trypanosomiasis/ sleeping sickness places increasing pressure on health resources of countries already burdened by malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. In areas of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola sleeping sickness is epidemic, and is a first cause of mortality in some areas ahead of HIV/AIDS. High incidence rates have been associated with times of conflict. Disease intervention is constrained in regions with high insecurity. Political stabilization, localized deployment of health resources, increased administrative integration and national capacity are required to mitigate incidence. Conflict-related variables should be explicitly integrated into risk mapping and prioritization of targeted research and mitigation initiatives.

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CONFLICT RESEARCH, SLEEPING SICKNESS, TRYPANOSOMIASIS, TSETSE FLY, DISEASE CONTROL, PARASITIC DISEASES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, HEALTH POLICY, POLITICAL STABILITY, BURDEN OF DISEASE, BIOPHYSICS, RISK FACTORS, UGANDA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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