Towards the sustainable elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire using an integrated approach.
Dramane KabaMathurin KoffiLingué KouakouEmmanuel Kouassi N'GouanVincent DjohanFabrice CourtinMartial Kassi N'DjetchiBamoro CoulibalyGuy Pacôme AdingraDjakaridja BertéBi Tra Dieudonné TaMinayégninrin KonéBarkissa Mélika TraoréSamuel A SutherlandRonald E CrumpChing-I HuangJason MadanPaul R BessellAntoine BarreauxPhilippe SolanoEmily H CrowleyKat S RockVincent JamonneauPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2023)
This success was achieved through a multi-stakeholder and multidisciplinary one health approach where research has played a major role in adapting tools and strategies to this large epidemiological transition to a very low prevalence. This integrated approach will need to continue to reach the verification of EoT in Côte d'Ivoire targeted by 2025.