Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness
Expected impact – set out in the business plan October 2009
SOS aims to control sleeping sickness in Uganda through the use of two complementary approaches: block treatment of cattle with drugs to eliminate the parasites carried by cattle that cause sleeping sickness in people; and regular spraying of cattle with insecticide to control tsetse flies, which can spread the human-infective parasites from cattle to people.
Both approaches were developed from DFID-funded research carried out under the Animal Health Programme, one of the 11 programmes that made up the RNRRS.
The project goes from strength to strength. In February 2010 the BBRSC announced a new round of awards for animal health projects in developing countries. Amongst these was a £1 million award to enable the approach being used in Uganda to be tried out in Nigeria for the control of the cattle form of the disease.
We are now in the very fortunate position of being able to compare experiences of putting similar research into use in two very different contexts, which should generate some very useful lessons.
Expected impact – set out in the business plan October 2009
SOS aims to control sleeping sickness in Uganda through the use of two complementary approaches: block treatment of cattle with drugs to eliminate the parasites carried by cattle that cause sleeping sickness in people; and regular spraying of cattle with insecticide to control tsetse flies, which can spread the human-infective parasites from cattle to people.
Both approaches were developed from DFID-funded research carried out under the Animal Health Programme, one of the 11 programmes that made up the RNRRS.
The project goes from strength to strength. In February 2010 the BBRSC announced a new round of awards for animal health projects in developing countries. Amongst these was a £1 million award to enable the approach being used in Uganda to be tried out in Nigeria for the control of the cattle form of the disease.
We are now in the very fortunate position of being able to compare experiences of putting similar research into use in two very different contexts, which should generate some very useful lessons.
| Professor Sue Welburn explains how the Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness model will be adapted to new challenges in Nigeria. February 2010 (09:18) |  |
Related information
- SOS Introductory video
2008 (8:43)
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Sleeping sickness RIU press release 26 November 2009 (250KB) |
External resources
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30th International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control Conference Speech by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda 21 September 2009 (50KB) |
